Immigration officers — including Customs and Border Protection agents, ICE personnel, and anyone else deputized to conduct immigration enforcement — would be required to display bold, visible agency identification any time they are conducting enforcement activity. The ID must show the name of the officer's agency in letters no smaller than 12 inches by 6 inches on the front or back of their uniform, and cannot be covered by body armor or accessories. The rule applies during patrols, raids, pickups, and warrant service. The requirement was introduced after reports of officers in plain clothes or unmarked vehicles conducting immigration arrests without clearly identifying themselves.
Congressional Summary
This bill amends section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) to require covered immigration officers — including personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and any other official deputized by the Secretary of Homeland Security to engage in immigration enforcement actions — to display bold and visible identification of their agency during any immigration enforcement action such as a patrol, raid, pickup, or serving a warrant. The identification must be no smaller than 12 inches by 6 inches on the front or back of the officer's uniform and may not be covered by external pieces of the uniform, including external armor or accessories.
Details
- Congress
- 118th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-05-01
- Date Added
- 2026-04-24
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