after consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies, 
shall submit a report to the Committees on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives and of the Senate on the 
number of aliens detained under the amendments made 
by subsection (a). 
SEC. 213. INELIGIBILITY FROM PROTECTION FROM RE-
MOVAL AND ASYLUM. 
(a) INAPPLICABILITY OF RESTRICTION ON REMOVAL 
TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.—Section 241(b)(3)(B) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1251(b)(3)(B)) is amended, in the matter preceding 
clause (i), by inserting ‘‘who is described in section 
212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(F)(i) or who is’’ after 
‘‘to an alien’’. 
(b) 
INELIGIBILITY
FOR
ASYLUM.—Section 
208(b)(2)(A) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)) is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(2) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); 
and 
(3) by inserting after clause (v) the following: 
‘‘(vi) the alien is described in section 
212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(F)(i) 
(relating to participation in criminal street 
gangs); or’’. 
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(c) DENIAL OF REVIEW OF DETERMINATION OF IN-
ELIGIBILITY
FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.— 
Section 244(c)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1254(c)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION ON JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
There shall be no judicial review of any finding 
under subparagraph (B) that an alien is in de-
scribed in section 208(b)(2)(A)(vi).’’. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
SEC. 221. FEDERAL AFFIRMATION OF ASSISTANCE IN IMMI-
GRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT BY STATES 
AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law and reaffirming the existing inherent authority 
of States, law enforcement personnel of a State or a polit-
ical subdivision of a State have the inherent authority of 
a sovereign entity to investigate, identify, apprehend, ar-
rest, detain, or transfer to Federal custody aliens in the 
United States (including the transportation of such aliens 
across State lines to detention centers), for the purposes 
of assisting in the enforcement of the immigration laws 
of the United States in the course of carrying out routine 
duties. This State authority has never been displaced or 
preempted by Congress. 
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(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed to require law enforcement personnel of a State 
or political subdivision of a State to— 
(1) report the identity of a victim of, or a wit-
ness to, a criminal offense to the Secretary of Home-
land Security for immigration enforcement purposes; 
or 
(2) arrest such victim or witness for a violation 
of the immigration laws of the United States. 
SEC. 222. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ASSISTING 
WITH BORDER SECURITY AND ENFORCE-
MENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS. 
(a) GRANTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT ACTIVITIES.—From amounts made available to 
make grants under this section, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall make grants to States and political 
subdivisions of States for expenses described in subsection 
(c). 
(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, a State or political subdivision 
of a State must have the authority to, and have in effect 
the policy and practice to, assist with border security mis-
sions and the enforcement of immigration laws of the 
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United States in the course of carrying out such agency’s 
routine law enforcement duties. 
(c) AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS.—Funds received 
under this section may be used for the following: 
(1) Costs of training associated with participa-
tion in programs described in section 287(g) of the 
immigration and nationality act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) 
under which certain officers or employees of the 
state or political subdivision are trained to perform 
certain functions of an immigration officer, includ-
ing— 
(A) costs of travel and transportation to 
locations where such training is provided, in-
cluding mileage and related allowances for the 
use of a privately owned automobile; 
(B) a daily per diem for lodging, meals, 
and other necessary expenses resulting from 
participation; and 
(C) costs of securing temporary replace-
ments for personnel traveling to, and partici-
pating in, such training. 
(2) Procurement of equipment, technology, fa-
cilities, and other products that facilitate and are di-
rectly related to investigating, apprehending, arrest-
ing, detaining, or transporting immigration law vio-
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