July 30, 2026
Ms. Wasserman Schultz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from using Federal funds to engage in discriminatory profiling, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the No Person’s Race, Ethnicity, Job, or Use of Dialect or Inflection is Cause for Enforcement Act
or the No PREJUDICE Act
.
Sec. 2. Prohibition on discriminatory profiling by the Department of Homeland Security
(a) Limitation on use of Federal funds
No officer or employee of the Department of Homeland Security, or a person acting under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security, may seize, detain, or arrest an individual, or subject an individual to routine or spontaneous investigatory activities on the basis of any of the following, or any combination thereof:
(1)
The actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or ethnicity of the individual.
(2)
The presence of that individual at a location associated with the recruitment or transportation of individuals for informal or temporary employment, including bus stops, car washes, or agricultural sites.
(3)
Participation by that individual in a particular hobby, leisure activity, job, or career.
(4)
The use of Spanish or any language other than English, or the use of English with an accent, by that individual.
(b) Immigration proceedings
(1) Request for hearing
An alien who in removal proceedings under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)) may request a hearing in the appropriate district court of the United States to determine whether the prohibition under subsection (a) was violated with respect to the alien.
(2) Dismissal
If the district judge determines that the prohibition under subsection (a) was violated with respect to the alien, the judge shall dismiss the removal proceedings against the alien.
(3) Remand
If the district judge determines that the prohibition under subsection (a) was not violated with respect to the alien, the judge shall remand the case to the immigration court for further removal proceedings.