No Private Bounty Hunters for Immigration Enforcement Act

Ban private tracking in immigration enforcement

If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to end any DHS contract or memorandum of understanding in effect on the date of enactment that lets private parties do skip tracing, surveillance, or location verification for civil immigration enforcement. If enacted, the bill would bar DHS from signing new contracts after enactment to perform those locating activities and would forbid using subcontractors at any tier to carry them out. If enacted, federal funds could not pay private entities on a per-person or bonus basis to find people subject to civil immigration detainers. If enacted, the bill would allow one narrow exception for a publicly available data analytics tool run only by a federal contractor doing administrative data management under direct government supervision, but only if it involves no field surveillance, no personal contact, and no other prohibited activity. If enacted, the DHS Inspector General would have to audit every DHS contract for compliance not later than 30 days after enactment. If enacted, the bill would define “skip tracing” as locating an individual using an address, employment data, social media, or other personal data.