Require state and local law enforcement agencies to enter into a 287(g) memorandum of agreement with ICE as a condition of receiving COPS grants.

Ben Cline · Virginia · Republican

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Today, Rep. Ben Cline (VA-06) introduced the 287(g) Cooperation Act of 2026, legislation to strengthen federal-local immigration enforcement partnerships by requiring state and local law enforcement agencies to enter into a 287(g) memorandum of agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a condition of receiving Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants.

Cline introduced legislation that would condition federal policing grants on local cooperation with ICE through 287(g) agreements.

Rep. Cline Introduces Bill to Reverse Governor Spanberger’s New Sanctuary Policies and Strengthen Federal-State-Local Immigration Enforcement | U.S. Representative Ben Cline
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introduced the 287(g) Cooperation Act of 2026, legislation to strengthen federal-local immigration enforcement partnerships by requiring state and local law enforcement agencies to enter into a 287(g) memorandum of agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a condition of receiving Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants.

Cline introduced legislation to require 287(g) agreements with ICE for agencies receiving COPS grants.

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Evidence

The law increases funding for the Office of Community Oriented Policing for initiatives tied to immigration enforcement and removal efforts, and makes eligibility contingent on compliance with 8 U.S.C. 1373.

Closest enacted federal action I found, but it conditions COPS funding on 1373 compliance rather than on a 287(g) memorandum of agreement with ICE.

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Public Law 119-21 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act), govinfo
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The same law also directs DHS resources toward carrying out immigration enforcement activities under sections 103(a) and 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and toward expanding 287(g) agreements.

This is related 287(g) activity, but it still does not establish the specific grant condition in the claim.

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Public Law 119-21 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act), govinfo
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The closest enacted federal action did not impose the specific promised rule that state and local agencies must sign a 287(g) memorandum of agreement with ICE to receive COPS grants. Instead, the enacted law conditioned COPS eligibility on compliance with 8 U.S.C. 1373 and separately funded or encouraged expanded 287(g) activity. That is materially related to the promise, but it falls short of the exact grant condition Ben Cline called for, and there is no evidence here that he secured the specific requirement. This supports partial rather than full delivery.

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