H.R. 6890

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6890 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6890

To discontinue a Federal program that authorizes State and local law 
enforcement officers to investigate, apprehend, and detain aliens in 
accordance with a written agreement with the Director of U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to clarify that immigration 
enforcement is solely a function of the Federal Government.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 18, 2025

Mr. Quigley (for himself, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. McBride, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. 
Norton, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Omar, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
Garcia of Texas, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Tlaib, and Mr. Goldman of 
New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To discontinue a Federal program that authorizes State and local law 
enforcement officers to investigate, apprehend, and detain aliens in 
accordance with a written agreement with the Director of U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to clarify that immigration 
enforcement is solely a function of the Federal Government.

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 ``Protecting the Rights Of Towns 
against federal Enforcement contrary to Constitutional Tenets for 
Immigration Act of 2025'' or as the ``PROTECT Immigration Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF STATE AND LOCAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT 
AUTHORITY.

Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(g)) is amended to read as follows:
``(g) Except as provided in paragraph (10) of section 103(a), in 
section 274(c), and in section 439 of the Antiterrorism and Effective 
Death Penalty Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1252c), the authority to inquire 
about or verify immigration or citizenship status and to investigate, 
apprehend, arrest, or detain an individual for a violation of this Act 
or any regulation authorized by this Act is restricted to immigration 
officers and authorized employees of the Department of Homeland 
Security and subject to limits set forth in other provisions of law.''.
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