Not adopted
This amendment was never taken up, and the bill finished without it. It was never voted on.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Pending Consideration
- Failed
What this amendment would do
SA 4268, submitted by Mr. Bennet, aims to add Sec. 239 to bill H.R. 7148.
The purpose of this amendment is to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from using Federal funds to perform immigration enforcement actions—such as arrests, interviews, searches, surveillance, or investigative stops—at or within 1,000 feet of defined sensitive locations.
Defined Sensitive Locations
The amendment identifies the following as sensitive locations:
- Healthcare: Medical or mental healthcare facilities, including hospitals, clinics, vaccination sites, and urgent care.
- Education: Public and private schools (including postsecondary), vocational schools, workforce training sites, school buses/stops, and education-related activities like field trips.
- Children's Services: Playgrounds, recreational facilities, child care centers, foster care facilities, and group homes for children.
- Emergency and Social Services: Disaster relief sites, temporary shelters, evacuation routes, food banks, and organizations assisting victims of crime, pregnant women, or individuals with disabilities.
- Religious and Civil Sites: Places of worship, religious study, funerals, weddings, and other civil ceremonies.
- Public and Government Spaces: Public demonstrations, courthouses, congressional district offices, Social Security offices, public assistance offices, DMV premises, polling places, public libraries, and union halls.
- Other: Any other locations specified by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
- 1/29/2026
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors