This is a 'good thing'! As usual the Senate Leader will set it aside.

 

The Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act!

Finally, the U.S. House is up to some good. But how will Republicans treat this bill in the Senate?

M. Walter | March 8, 2026 www.americanthinker.com

The House is up to some good!

Of course, it remains to be seen if Senate majority leader John “Brick Wall” Thune will take it up once it passes out of the House, but still, this bill is a very good thing.

Key provisions to the Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act (H.R. 7640) are as follows:

1. Essentially outlaws “sanctuaries” by overriding any state or local laws that interfere with ICE’s duties.
2. Explicitly allows local law enforcement to ask about the immigration status of someone they are interacting with.
3. Grants immunity to local law enforcement from lawsuits stemming from their interactions with illegal aliens and designates the federal government as defendant instead.
4. Non-compliant jurisdictions will now be explicitly allowed, under this existing law, to have their federal funding removed. 
5. Forces the locals to honor detainers.
6. Allows local citizens to sue local jurisdictions for any harm that may result from their noncompliance.

The libs are apoplectic.  The American Prospect, a progressive rag, published an article entitled “Lawmakers Debate Bill to Blackmail Sanctuary Cities.”  “Blackmail.”  You gotta love the libs.  They love big government mandates some of the time, but not all of the time.  When they don’t love them, they’re “blackmail” and, in this case, “states’ rights.”  Yes, the party of slavery is actually back to that again, pulling out the old 10th Amendment card.

Sorry, libs.  The 10th Amendment does not apply here.  Immigration law is federal law, and the feds can do what the feds can do: Pass legislation mandating that you miscreant localities honor it — or else.  There’s nothing tyrannical about that.  They’re merely spelling out what should be obvious already from the many, multiple immigration laws we already have on the books.  But, because you’re progressives, you “negate” and “nullify” things, so we have to spell it out in positive terms for you, because you’re just like that: one sweet pain in the bippy.

Ring up your congressman.  Or text him or mail him or do whatever it is you do to let him know you’re watching this bill and want to see it passed.  Then, as soon as it does, call your senators and Leader Thune to let him know you want to see it voted on in the upper house.  If you’re new to all this, here’s a link to find your representatives and senators.

This is a very, very good law, and it absolutely deserves a vote in both chambers.