Shielding Illegal Immigrants Under the Banner of Civil Rights

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This bill creates new protections and enforcement mechanisms against alleged civil rights violations based on immigration status, making it harder for authorities and institutions to differentiate between legal residents and those here unlawfully. CPAC opposes efforts that blur the line between citizens and illegal immigrants and undermine immigration enforcement and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-04-21 by a vote of 22-13. The House passed this bill on 2025-05-03 by a vote of 42-21. The bill later became law.