Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Sanctuary City Accountability Act.
Section 2. Private enforcement of immigration laws
Title I of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
(a) In general
Any individual who is a national of the United States may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court of the United States against a sanctuary jurisdiction in which an alien was located if that alien commits a crime against that individual, or an immediate family member of that individual, in the sanctuary jurisdiction, or in any other jurisdiction to which the alien later relocates, for such injunctive relief or compensatory damages as may be appropriate.
(b) Limitation on liability
A unit of local government may not be held liable under this section for enforcing or implementing a law, ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, or other practice imposed by the State in which the unit of local government is located.
(c) Sanctuary jurisdiction defined
In this section, the term sanctuary jurisdiction means any State or unit of local government that has laws, ordinances, regulations, resolutions, policies, or other practices that obstruct immigration enforcement and shield criminals from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including by—
(1) refusing to or prohibiting agencies from complying with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers;
(2) imposing unreasonable conditions on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer compliance;
(3) denying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to interview incarcerated aliens; or
(4) otherwise impeding communication or information exchanges between the jurisdiction’s personnel and Federal immigration officers.