H.R. 7123

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7123 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7123

To abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 15, 2026

Mr. Thanedar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways 
and Means, and Homeland Security, 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 abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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 ``Abolish ICE Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) Since its establishment in 2003, legal experts have 
argued that the mission of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (ICE) could be better executed by other Federal 
agencies and that the design of ICE prioritizes aggressive 
enforcement rather than compliance with due process rights.
(2) One of President Trump's first Executive Orders, titled 
``Protecting the American People Against Invasion'', unleashed 
ICE to carry out mass arrests and deportations of noncriminal 
immigrants in the United States, with approximately 70 percent 
of arrests made by immigration agents in 2025 being detainees 
who had no criminal record.
(3) On July 10, 2025, ICE carried out an immigration raid 
on 2 cannabis farms in Camarillo, California, that led to the 
arrest of 360 individuals and the death of 1 worker.
(4) On September 12, 2025, ICE agents shot and killed 
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez after they attempted to detain him 
during a traffic stop. Prior to being killed, Gonzalez had just 
dropped his children off at school.
(5) On September 30, 2025, as part of ``Operation Midway 
Blitz'', members of Federal law enforcement agencies, including 
ICE, conducted a military-style raid on a South Shore apartment 
building in Chicago, Illinois, that led to the arrest of 37 
people. This raid included the use of flashbang grenades, 
explosives to breach doors, and unnecessary and unlawful use of 
force against civilians, with some being forced outside without 
clothes, zip-tied, and forced into unmarked vans while awaiting 
processing.
(6) On December 31, 2025, an off-duty ICE officer shot and 
killed Keith Porter, Jr., during New Year's Eve celebrations in 
Northridge, California. Porter attempted to celebrate the New 
Year by discharging his firearm into the air when the off-duty 
ICE officer approached Porter, shooting and killing him.
(7) On January 7, 2026, a masked ICE agent shot and killed 
Renee Nicole Good, a United States citizen, in Minneapolis, 
Minnesota. Renee Nicole Good was in her car when ICE agents 
approached her and attempted to remove her from her vehicle. 
Fearing for her safety, and without reason to suspect why ICE 
agents were attempting to detain her, Renee Nicole Good 
attempted to drive away from the agents when she was shot and 
killed. Bystanders attempted to provide life saving assistance 
to Good but were forcefully kept away and denied permission by 
ICE agents to save Good's life.
(8) In 2025, 32 inmates died while in ICE detention, the 
highest number in over 2 decades, linked to the poor conditions 
faced by inmates that included a lack of medical care and 
neglect.
(9) In 2025, as many as 170 American citizens had been 
arrested and detained by ICE, a fact which Secretary of 
Homeland Security Kristi Noem denied during an October 30, 
2025, press conference.
(10) Since President Donald Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem 
have taken office, ICE has been weaponized to inflict terror 
and hysteria amongst American immigrant and non-immigrant 
communities. ICE has been deployed to major cities across the 
United States, against the wishes of local government and law 
enforcement agencies, adopting aggressive enforcement policies 
that have brought fear to Americans. It is clear that ICE is 
not an organization bound by the rule of law, is past the point 
of reform, and must be abolished.

SEC. 3. ABOLISHMENT OF U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.

(a) In General.--Beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, no Federal funds may be made available to carry out any of the 
functions, duties, or responsibilities assigned or delegated to the 
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pursuant to the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 252 et seq.) or any other 
provision of law.
(b) Rescission of Funds.--The unobligated balance of each amount 
made available to the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act 
is rescinded. Any other assets or liabilities of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement as of such date of enactment shall be transferred 
to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(c) Abolishment Date.--Effective on the date that is 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement is abolished.
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