HR 5663 · 115th Congress · Immigration

Make Sanctuary Cities Pay for the Wall Act of 2018

Introduced 2018-04-27· Sponsored by Rep. Pittenger, Robert [R-NC-9]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.(2018-05-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Make Sanctuary Cities Pay for the Wall Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a DHS account for the planning, design, and construction of a U.S.-Mexico border barrier. Certain housing, community development, and public works appropriations for sanctuary cities, localities, or states shall be withheld and deposited into such account. DHS: (1) may decline to transfer an alien in its custody to a sanctuary jurisdiction regardless of whether such jurisdiction has issued a writ or warrant, (2) shall not transfer an alien under a final order of removal (or a restatement of an order of removal) to a sanctuary jurisdiction, and (3) shall determine and report to Congress each year which political subdivisions or states are sanctuary jurisdictions.…

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