SHIELD Act

Sponsor: Robert Garcia (Democratic-CA)April 30, 2025

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Creates grants to help states and groups offer legal help to people facing deportation.

This bill would set up a new grant program to help individuals facing deportation get legal representation. It would allow the Attorney General to give money to states, local governments, and organizations to recruit and train staff and build the support systems needed for legal services. The goal is to ensure more people have access to legal help during complex deportation proceedings.

What Would Change

Currently, about 80 percent of people held in immigration detention during deportation cases do not have a lawyer. If this bill passes, the government would offer grants to states, local governments, and organizations to build up the legal support needed, aiming to increase access to lawyers and other legal services for individuals facing deportation.

Key Provisions

Lets the Attorney General give out competitive grants to states, local governments, and organizations to expand legal help for people facing deportation.
Requires grant money to be used for recruiting and training legal staff, like lawyers and social workers, and building support systems for legal services.
Ensures the Attorney General would act independently to increase legal help, without focusing on other immigration enforcement priorities.
Requires grant recipients to report annually on their services, recruitment, spending, and unmet needs.
Authorizes setting aside $100,000,000 for each of the government's budget years 2026 and 2027 to pay for these grants.

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SHIELD Act

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