HELD Act
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · Mar 4, 2025
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Help Ensure Legal Detainers Act or the HELD Act This bill prohibits the use of federal funds by a state or local subdivision that has in effect a law, policy, or procedure that prevents or impedes a timely response to a request from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for information about an alien in state or local custody, including the alien's estimated release date; or compliance with a request from ICE to hold an alien for up to 48 hours so that ICE may assume custody.
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS).
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