No more Federal dollars for sanctuary jurisdictions that defy the law ... Cut the funding to lawlessness.
Cut federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions and lawless jurisdictions that defy federal immigration law.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Executive Order 13768, signed by President Trump on January 25, 2017, said sanctuary jurisdictions that refused to comply with immigration enforcement measures would not be eligible to receive federal grants; the page also notes that federal courts quickly blocked enforcement and later issued a nationwide permanent injunction.
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The bill is described as restricting taxpayer grant money to sanctuary cities; it passed the U.S. House on June 29, 2017 and then proceeded to the Senate, indicating a concrete but unsuccessful legislative attempt rather than enacted law.
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Congress.gov says S.3100 would prohibit sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving certain Economic Development Assistance and Community Development Block Grant funds; its latest action was failed cloture, leaving the bill only introduced.
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The Senate roll call shows cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3100 was rejected, 53-44, and lists Fischer (R-NE) as voting Yea.
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Section 9 directed the Attorney General and DHS Secretary to ensure sanctuary jurisdictions were not eligible for federal grants, subject to law and law-enforcement exceptions.
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AP reported that Judge William Orrick barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions and noted the Ninth Circuit had agreed in the 2017 challenge that Trump exceeded his authority.
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Section 17 directs the Attorney General and DHS Secretary to evaluate and undertake lawful actions to ensure sanctuary jurisdictions do not receive access to federal funds.
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"No HUD Funding for Sanctuary Cities Act"; "referred to the Committee on Financial Services"
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"the United States’ lawsuit against the State of Illinois"; "will continue"
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"Not less than $350,000,000"; "jurisdictions that are not qualified cooperating jurisdictions"
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"Bill Passed"; "Fischer (R-NE), Yea"
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"Deb Fischer (NE)"; "read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary"
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"enjoined from directly or indirectly taking any action to withhold, freeze, or condition federal funds"
Assessments
The promised outcome was to cut federal funding to sanctuary or lawless jurisdictions that defy federal immigration law. During Fischer's federal Senate tenure, legislation matching that goal, including S.3100, failed to advance; Fischer voted yes on cloture, which supports a serious legislative attempt but not delivery. Trump administration executive orders in 2017 and again in 2025 attempted to restrict funds, but courts blocked or limited those efforts and the later order framed action as evaluation and lawful implementation rather than completed funding cuts. Because no durable federal funding cutoff was enacted or implemented, the promise was not fulfilled, though Fischer merits an effort badge for supporting a serious legislative attempt.
The promised outcome was not delivered. During Fischer’s time in office, the federal government did make concrete attempts to deny funds to sanctuary jurisdictions, including a 2017 House-passed bill and Executive Order 13768, but neither produced a durable cutoff of federal funding: the bill did not become law and the executive order was blocked in court. On the provided record, this supports a failed policy effort rather than fulfillment. Because the evidence shows broader Republican and executive-branch attempts but does not show Fischer herself leading or materially advancing the decisive effort, full credit is not warranted and the effort badge is not applied on a candidate-specific basis.