A bill to authorize grants to States to collect and analyze data from State law enforcement agencies on the number of migrants in the United States who have been charged or convicted of a criminal offense.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3955 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3955 To authorize grants to States to collect and analyze data from State law enforcement agencies on the number of migrants in the United States who have been charged or convicted of a criminal offense. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 26, 2026 Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize grants to States to collect and analyze data from State law enforcement agencies on the number of migrants in the United States who have been charged or convicted of a criminal offense. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Migrant Crime Reporting Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Eligible state.--The term ``eligible State'' means a State that-- (A) requests a migrant crime reporting grant for a fiscal year; and (B) for the fiscal year before the fiscal year for which the State requests a migrant crime reporting grant, makes publicly available on a website operated by the State and submits to the Secretary a migrant crime report for the State. (2) Migrant.--The term ``migrant'' means a person who is unable to present a valid document issued to such person that is-- (A) a Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551) issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; (B) an official birth certificate issued by a State, local government, or territory of the United States or by the United States; (C) a valid, unexpired United States passport; (D) a Certificate of Citizenship (Form N-560 or Form N-561); or (E) a Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550), a