Bill > HR1913

This bill, known as the BLOC (Blocking Lawless Open Border Cities and States) Act of 2025, aims to financially penalize states and local jurisdictions that do not comply with specific immigration detention notification requirements. The legislation would prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from awarding federal infrastructure funds (such as highway construction grants) to any state or local government that fails to establish a mandatory notification process for releasing certain non-citizen detainees. Specifically, if the Department of Homeland Security has determined an alien is not legally present in the United States and has notified local authorities about the individual's status, the local jurisdiction must notify Homeland Security 48 hours before releasing the person, but only if the individual has been in custody for at least 48 hours. Jurisdictions that do not implement such a notification statute, ordinance, policy, or practice within one year of the act's enactment would become ineligible to receive these federal infrastructure funds. The bill appears designed to pressure local governments into cooperating more closely with federal immigration enforcement efforts by using federal funding as a potential incentive.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1913/all-info