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A qualified cooperating jurisdiction is defined by agreement or by certification

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33, section 202, Sec. 202. Written by .

A qualified cooperating jurisdiction is defined by agreement or by certification

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What the document says

“(B) Qualified cooperating jurisdiction defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``qualified cooperating jurisdiction'' means a State or political subdivision of a State that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33, Sec. 202

The definition that decides where the money in paragraph (9) is aimed. A qualified cooperating jurisdiction is a State or political subdivision of a State that, as of the date this Act was enacted, either is party to a written agreement in effect under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)), or has in effect, and has filed with the Secretary in the form and manner the Secretary prescribes, a certification that it is in compliance with section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373) and section 434 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1644). Those statutes are not indexed here.

What the document actually says

“(B) Qualified cooperating jurisdiction defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``qualified cooperating jurisdiction'' means a State or political subdivision of a State that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33, Sec. 202
That sentence, in plain words

Here is what counts as a state or town that works with ICE. The test is met on the day this law is signed, or not at all.

What this is about

There are two ways to meet it. One is to have signed a deal with ICE. The other is to file a paper with the department saying the place follows two older laws.

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    Secure America Act, Public Law 119-98, sec. 202, 140 Stat. 839 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ98/html/PLAW-119publ98.htm

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    “A qualified cooperating jurisdiction is defined by agreement or by certification,” Secure America Act, section 202, Sec. 202. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/secure-america-act/proposal/sec202-qualified-cooperating-jurisdiction-defined/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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