Continue to fight for the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act.

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.

The candidate commits to keep supporting the named sanctuary-cities bill.

Issues - Ted Budd for Senate
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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 took concrete legislative action in his House term by introducing the sanctuary-cities bill.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.515 - Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2021 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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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.

After election to the Senate, Budd continued the same legislative effort by reintroducing the bill.

partial later_term A for effort

Budd, Tillis, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Stop Sanctuary Cities, Deport Criminal Illegal Aliens - U.S. Senator Ted Budd
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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.

Budd kept advancing the same bill in later Senate service, showing continued pursuit of the promise.

partial later_term A for effort

Budd, Tillis, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Stop Sanctuary Cities - U.S. Senator Ted Budd
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Budd said he joined Sen. Cornyn and other colleagues in introducing the Sanctuary City Elimination Act, a later-term continuation of the sanctuary-cities push tied to the promise.

This is a concrete post-campaign legislative action showing Budd actively continued fighting for sanctuary-city legislation by publicly backing a new Senate bill in 2026.

partial later_term A for effort

Budd Joins Cornyn, Colleagues in Introducing Sanctuary City Elimination Act - U.S. Senator Ted Budd
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GovInfo lists S. 4316 as introduced in the Senate on April 16, 2026; the action line says Cornyn introduced the bill with Budd among the cosponsors and it was read twice and referred to Judiciary.

The official bill record confirms formal introduction and committee referral, which is concrete evidence of continued legislative effort but not enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

S. 4316 (IS) - Sanctuary City Elimination Act - GovInfo
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