“To limit the use of Federal contractors to perform certain enforcement activities under the immigration laws, and for other purposes.”
No CRS summary available for this bill.
This section prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security from entering into new contracts or memoranda of understanding after enactment for skip tracing (i.e., locating individuals using address, employment data, social media, or other personal data), surveillance, or location verification for civil immigration enforcement purposes. It requires termination of existing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) contracts or memoranda authorizing such activities, amendment of others to prohibit them, and extension of the prohibition to all subcontractors. The section further bars use of federal funds to pay private entities on a per-person or bonus basis for locating individuals subject to civil immigration detainers—with an exception for supervised use of publicly available data analytics tools that involve no field surveillance, personal contact, or prohibited activities—and directs the DHS Inspector General to audit all DHS contracts for compliance within 30 days of enactment.