Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act, which allows victims of any felony committed by illegal immigrants and their relatives (Angel Families) to sue the state or local government for their failure to comply with federal law.
Continue to fight for the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act.
Occurrences
Evidence
Rep. Ted Budd introduced H.R. 515, the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2021, in the 117th Congress. Congress.gov shows the bill was referred to committee and remained at the introduced stage.
Budd's Senate office said he and Thom Tillis introduced two bills to crack down on sanctuary cities, including the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act. The release says Budd twice led this legislation in the U.S. House in 2019 and 2021.
Budd's Senate office again announced introduction of the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act in 2025, describing it as legislation to allow victims to sue sanctuary jurisdictions and to restrict certain federal grants.
Assessments
The promise was framed as an effort commitment to continue fighting for the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act, not as a pledge to enact it. Budd had introduced the bill in the House in 2021 and, after winning the 2022 U.S. Senate race, continued materially advancing the same proposal by introducing Senate versions in 2024 and 2025 with colleagues. Because this occurred during the Senate term won in the campaign context, the promise counts as delivered in the same term even though the bill did not become law.