This bill would prohibit so-called "sanctuary jurisdictions" from receiving Community Development Block Grants, federal funding that helps states and cities pay for housing, infrastructure, and other community development projects. The bill defines a sanctuary jurisdiction as any state or local government that has laws or policies preventing officials from sharing immigration status information with federal immigration authorities or complying with immigration detainer requests from the Department of Homeland Security, though it exempts jurisdictions that only protect crime victims and witnesses from immigration reporting. To receive the federal grants, which support important community programs, jurisdictions would need to certify they are not sanctuary cities and will not become one while receiving the money. The bill would affect hundreds of communities across the country that currently have sanctuary policies in place, potentially redirecting millions of dollars in federal funding away from these areas.
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