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Aug 8, 2025
Policy Area:
Immigration
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Aug 8, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Aug 8, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:13 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4944 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4944
To end qualified immunity for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
agents.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 8, 2025
Mr. Thanedar (for himself and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To end qualified immunity for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
agents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4944 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4944
To end qualified immunity for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
agents.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 8, 2025
Mr. Thanedar (for himself and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To end qualified immunity for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
agents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ending Qualified Immunity for ICE
Agents Act''.
SEC. 2.
Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (42
U.
U.S.C. 1983) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``It shall not be a defense or immunity in any action brought under
this section or any other Federal law against a U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement agent that--
``
(1) the defendant was acting in good faith, or that the
defendant believed, reasonably or otherwise, that his or her
conduct was lawful at the time when the conduct was committed;
or
``
(2) the rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the
Constitution and laws were not clearly established at the time
of their deprivation by the defendant, or that at such time,
the state of the law was otherwise such that the defendant
could not reasonably have been expected to know whether his or
her conduct was lawful.''.
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``It shall not be a defense or immunity in any action brought under
this section or any other Federal law against a U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement agent that--
``
(1) the defendant was acting in good faith, or that the
defendant believed, reasonably or otherwise, that his or her
conduct was lawful at the time when the conduct was committed;
or
``
(2) the rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the
Constitution and laws were not clearly established at the time
of their deprivation by the defendant, or that at such time,
the state of the law was otherwise such that the defendant
could not reasonably have been expected to know whether his or
her conduct was lawful.''.
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