COP Act of 2025

The COP Act of 2025 would prohibit the federal government from making any federal funds available to any law enforcement agency that employs an alien as a law enforcement officer. In other words, if a police department, sheriff’s office, campus police, or similar agency has any officer who is not a U.S. citizen, that agency would lose access to federal funding. The bill’s short title signals its goal is to ensure “Citizen-Only” policing by conditioning federal support on having only citizen officers, though many details (such as how “alien” is defined for this purpose, what counts as federal funds, and any transition rules) are not spelled out in the text provided.