Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
The BLOC Act conditions certain Federal transportation infrastructure funds on local jurisdictions adopting a policy to notify the Secretary of Homeland Security (or designee) at least 48 hours before releasing a non‑lawfully present alien who has been detained at least 48 hours and whose immigration status was communicated to the detaining entity.
States and political subdivisions that do not have such a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice in effect within one year would be ineligible to receive or pass through those federal infrastructure funds to affected political subdivisions.
Substantive but narrowly targeted; strong ideological conflict and legal risks lower enactment chances absent broad bipartisan dealmaking.
How solid the drafting looks.
Liberals stress civil‑rights, community trust, and local control concerns
Liberals stress civil‑rights, community trust, and local control concerns
Likely strongly opposed.
They will view the bill as federal coercion of local policy, harmful to immigrant communities, and likely to undermine public safety and civil‑rights protections.
Mixed view.
Sees legitimate federal interest in immigration enforcement and information sharing, but worries about legal risks, blunt funding penalties, and unintended impacts on public safety and infrastructure delivery.
Generally supportive.
Views the bill as a reasonable federal tool to compel local cooperation with immigration enforcement and to deter sanctuary policies by withholding federal funds.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Substantive but narrowly targeted; strong ideological conflict and legal risks lower enactment chances absent broad bipartisan dealmaking.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals stress civil‑rights, community trust, and local control concerns
Substantive but narrowly targeted; strong ideological conflict and legal risks lower enactment chances absent broad bipartisan dealmaking.
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