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119-hr-7743119th Congress

Stop ICE Intimidation Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

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Summary

Pauses ICE biometric and surveillance funding until Congress receives a detailed report and a new policy that protects constitutional and privacy rights. It would also require deletion of recent biometric data unless the Department of Homeland Security issues the required rules.

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  • Would bar ICE from obligating funds to operate biometric or other surveillance systems (including ICE's Intelligence Records System), from entering into or continuing contracts for those systems, and from hiring additional officers or staff, starting 30 days after enactment.
  • Would require the Secretary to delete all biometric or surveillance information collected by an immigration officer from January 1, 2026 through the date of enactment within 30 days, unless the Secretary issues the policy described in the bill. The mandated policy must prohibit using such systems to collect or store information gathered when someone exercises constitutional rights and must set rules on access, storage, retention, notice, contesting, and removal.
  • Would prevent the Department from using funds to restrict an individual's ability to record enforcement or removal operations so long as the recording does not interfere with the operation. The bill also requires cost reporting, training on local facial recognition bans, and rules ensuring First Amendment activity is not treated as credible threat activity.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Pause ICE biometric surveillance funding

If enacted, the bill would stop the Secretary of Homeland Security from obligating funds for ICE biometric and other surveillance systems, contracts for those systems, or hiring additional ICE staff starting not later than 30 days after enactment and continuing until a required report is submitted. The bill would require a report to House and Senate Appropriations and Judiciary committees, the House Committee on Homeland Security, and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs describing an ICE policy for use of these systems. That policy would have to ban using the systems to access or store information collected because a person exercised constitutional rights and set rules on who can access data, storage protections, retention and removal periods, notice and review rights, how First Amendment activity is treated, definitions of "credible threat," costs, local privacy compliance, and required training. Unless the Secretary issues the required rule, all information collected by an immigration officer for use in or derived from these systems from January 1, 2026 through the date of enactment would have to be deleted within 30 days after enactment.

Protect public recording of ICE operations

If enacted, the bill would prohibit using funds made available to the Secretary of Homeland Security to restrict an individual's ability to record or document immigration enforcement or removal operations, so long as the recording does not interfere with or obstruct the operation. This would not change laws that make it illegal to interfere with or obstruct enforcement.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

ME • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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