Title: Protect Our Sanctuary Cities Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Protect Our Sanctuary Cities Act
This bill: (1) nullifies section 9 of Executive Order 13768 (Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States), and (2) prohibits using appropriations to promulgate or enforce any executive order that compels state, city, or local officials to assist federal authorities in the removal of aliens from the United States.
Section 9 authorizes: (1) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate a state or local subdivision that fails to make required communications with the Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual as a sanctuary jurisdiction, and (2) DHS and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to deny such jurisdictions federal grants, except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes. It also directs DOJ to take appropriate enforcement action against any such jurisdiction or any entity that has in effect a statute, policy, or practice that prevents or hinders the enforcement of federal law.
DHS shall submit a report on ways to strengthen immigrant community trust in DHS.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1076 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1076

    To provide that section 9 of Executive Order 13768, relating to 
sanctuary jurisdictions, shall have no force or effect, to prohibit the 
       use of funds for certain purposes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2017

Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Danny K. Davis 
of Illinois, Ms. Norton, Ms. Bass, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Soto, Ms. Fudge, 
 Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
Evans, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Cleaver, Mrs. Demings, Ms. Blunt 
  Rochester, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. David 
  Scott of Georgia, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Clay, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
Johnson of Texas, and Mrs. Beatty) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide that section 9 of Executive Order 13768, relating to 
sanctuary jurisdictions, shall have no force or effect, to prohibit the 
       use of funds for certain purposes, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Our Sanctuary Cities Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Since this Nation's founding, immigrants such as 
        Alexander Hamilton, Albert Einstein, Marcus Garvey, and others 
        have enhanced our civic life and helped spur economic growth. 
        They have founded companies that changed the world, pushed the 
        limits of our minds, and made us better people in the process.
            (2) Immigrants overwhelmingly follow the law and seek 
        better lives for themselves and their families.
            (3) Section 9 of Executive Order 13768, which imposes 
        consequences on so-called ``sanctuary jurisdictions'', 
        threatens to impede our societal progress by forcing immigrants 
        to live in fear and be subjected to inhumane treatment that is 
        not in keeping with our values and previous commitments.
            (4) This section of the Executive order harms public safety 
        by destroying trust between law enforcement officials and 
        immigrant communities. It would force local law enforcement 
        officials to depart from their bipartisan commitment to 
        respecting the confidentiality of their sources, which would 
        make it harder to engage in community policing.
            (5) State, city, and local law enforcement officials 
        already cooperate with Federal authorities to initiate removal 
        proceedings against criminal aliens who commit one of over 10 
        dozen serious crimes.
            (6) Threats to diminish funding to State, city, and local 
        law enforcement officials for failing to comply with section 9 
        of the Executive order constitute a grave threat to public 
        safety.
            (7) Section 9 of Executive Order 13768, also constitutes a 
        threat to public health by making it less likely that 
        undocumented immigrants with life threatening contagious 
        diseases will seek health treatment because of their fear of 
        being removed.
            (8) This section of the Executive order also places our 
        Nation's economic health at risk, since immigrants contribute 
        to the vibrancy of our economy by performing jobs that many 
        Americans are unwilling to perform and pay taxes that fund 
        public benefit programs.
            (9) Section 9 of Executive Order 13768 unlawfully 
        commandeers State, city, and local law enforcement officials in 
        service of an inhumane and ill-conceived goal.
            (10) This section of the Executive order is particularly 
        harmful to immigrants of color who stand out the most and may 
        be the easiest to apprehend.
            (11) Section 9 of Executive Order 13768 is discriminatory, 
        misguided, and contrary to the public interest.

SEC. 3. NULLIFICATION OF EFFECT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER.

    Section 9 of Executive Order 13768 is null and void and shall have 
no force or effect.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

    No funds appropriated pursuant to any provision of law may be used 
to promulgate or enforce any Executive order that compels State, city, 
or local officials to assist Federal authorities in the removal of 
aliens from the United States.

SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the 
Congress identifying ways in which Department of Homeland Security 
personnel can strengthen immigrant community trust in the Department.
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