Federal Limits

Due process is not optional

Federal power needs a line.
Your state can draw it.

Local jails, sheriffs, police, and contracts now carry federal civil enforcement across the country. Enforcement has a role. Unchecked power does not.

Find out where your state stands

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The Pattern

It doesn’t stop at immigration.

The same power — built first on immigration enforcement — is turning on every check that could slow it

Six fronts in eighteen months. Tap any one for the receipt.

The line your state controlsStates can refuse to become the machinery.
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Your state, on the line
Has your state drawn it?
36 jurisdictions haven’t drawn the line. Four states have.

Your line to draw

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1 · The gaps in your state

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2 · Your letter

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3 · Send it to your state officials

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More than 60,000
people held in federal civil detention on a typical day — up from ~39,000 in January 2025
2,127
federal agreements deputizing local police & sheriffs — up from 135 in January 2025
36 of 52
jurisdictions failing — no meaningful limits in place
3.29 / 18
the national average across the nine limits. In 60 seconds, check your state and tell your legislature which ones it’s missing.
Detention: ICE records via TRAC, 60,311 held as of Apr 4 2026; growth trend via GAO-26-108886 · Agreements: ICE 287(g) roster, Jul 14 2026 · Grades: Federal Limits methodology v3.4, enacted law only, 50 states + DC + PR

The fix already exists

Nine safeguards. One model bill. Your legislature can pass it this session.

Every one is drawn from a law a state has already enacted and defended in court. Nothing here is theoretical—it’s a line other states have already drawn.

01
Limit state resources
No state money, staff, or facilities for federal operations. Federal money for federal enforcement.
02
End blank-check contracts
No deputizing local police as federal agents.
03
Protect safe places
Enforcement out of schools, hospitals, and courthouses.
04
Close private cells
Bar for-profit detention inside the state.
05
Firewall the data
Keep state records out of federal enforcement requests.
06
Require a warrant
No detention or transfer without a judge.
07
Demand transparency
Put every cooperation action on the public record.
08
Give it teeth
A private right to sue when the line is crossed.
09
Unmask the agents
Require visible ID; protect the right to record.

It can be done

Four states drew the line. Who’s fifth?

This isn’t a wish list—it’s a race. New York just passed the most sweeping package in the country and still came up one safeguard short of the line. Four states have crossed it. Three more are a vote or two away. The only question left is which state moves next—and whether it’s yours.

Drew the line
Oregon 17 / 18
California 16 / 18
Illinois 16 / 18
New Jersey 15 / 18
Next in line
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