[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7123 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7123

          To abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2026

 Mr. Thanedar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways 
   and Means, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
          To abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Abolish ICE Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Since its establishment in 2003, legal experts have 
        argued that the mission of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
        Enforcement (ICE) could be better executed by other Federal 
        agencies and that the design of ICE prioritizes aggressive 
        enforcement rather than compliance with due process rights.
            (2) One of President Trump's first Executive Orders, titled 
        ``Protecting the American People Against Invasion'', unleashed 
        ICE to carry out mass arrests and deportations of noncriminal 
        immigrants in the United States, with approximately 70 percent 
        of arrests made by immigration agents in 2025 being detainees 
        who had no criminal record.
            (3) On July 10, 2025, ICE carried out an immigration raid 
        on 2 cannabis farms in Camarillo, California, that led to the 
        arrest of 360 individuals and the death of 1 worker.
            (4) On September 12, 2025, ICE agents shot and killed 
        Silverio Villegas Gonzalez after they attempted to detain him 
        during a traffic stop. Prior to being killed, Gonzalez had just 
        dropped his children off at school.
            (5) On September 30, 2025, as part of ``Operation Midway 
        Blitz'', members of Federal law enforcement agencies, including 
        ICE, conducted a military-style raid on a South Shore apartment 
        building in Chicago, Illinois, that led to the arrest of 37 
        people. This raid included the use of flashbang grenades, 
        explosives to breach doors, and unnecessary and unlawful use of 
        force against civilians, with some being forced outside without 
        clothes, zip-tied, and forced into unmarked vans while awaiting 
        processing.
            (6) On December 31, 2025, an off-duty ICE officer shot and 
        killed Keith Porter, Jr., during New Year's Eve celebrations in 
        Northridge, California. Porter attempted to celebrate the New 
        Year by discharging his firearm into the air when the off-duty 
        ICE officer approached Porter, shooting and killing him.
            (7) On January 7, 2026, a masked ICE agent shot and killed 
        Renee Nicole Good, a United States citizen, in Minneapolis, 
        Minnesota. Renee Nicole Good was in her car when ICE agents 
        approached her and attempted to remove her from her vehicle. 
        Fearing for her safety, and without reason to suspect why ICE 
        agents were attempting to detain her, Renee Nicole Good 
        attempted to drive away from the agents when she was shot and 
        killed. Bystanders attempted to provide life saving assistance 
        to Good but were forcefully kept away and denied permission by 
        ICE agents to save Good's life.
            (8) In 2025, 32 inmates died while in ICE detention, the 
        highest number in over 2 decades, linked to the poor conditions 
        faced by inmates that included a lack of medical care and 
        neglect.
            (9) In 2025, as many as 170 American citizens had been 
        arrested and detained by ICE, a fact which Secretary of 
        Homeland Security Kristi Noem denied during an October 30, 
        2025, press conference.
            (10) Since President Donald Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem 
        have taken office, ICE has been weaponized to inflict terror 
        and hysteria amongst American immigrant and non-immigrant 
        communities. ICE has been deployed to major cities across the 
        United States, against the wishes of local government and law 
        enforcement agencies, adopting aggressive enforcement policies 
        that have brought fear to Americans. It is clear that ICE is 
        not an organization bound by the rule of law, is past the point 
        of reform, and must be abolished.

SEC. 3. ABOLISHMENT OF U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, no Federal funds may be made available to carry out any of the 
functions, duties, or responsibilities assigned or delegated to the 
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pursuant to the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 252 et seq.) or any other 
provision of law.
    (b) Rescission of Funds.--The unobligated balance of each amount 
made available to the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act 
is rescinded. Any other assets or liabilities of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement as of such date of enactment shall be transferred 
to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
    (c) Abolishment Date.--Effective on the date that is 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement is abolished.
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