On Saturday, the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that several provisions of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s reconciliation text do not comply with the Byrd Rule. The noncompliant provisions include: Section 155 providing state and local officials the authority to arrest any noncitizen suspected of being in the U.S. unlawfully; and Section 154, Paragraph 5, Subparagraph C limiting certain grant funding for “sanctuary cities” and where the Attorney General disagrees with states’ and localities’ immigration enforcement.
