Sec. 220.
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None of the funds provided under the heading “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support” may be used to engage in civil immigration enforcement activities, such as arrests, expulsions, custodial detentions, removals, or referrals, processing, or issuance of charging documents, using Homeland Security Investigations personnel, resources, or capabilities, absent probable cause that the individual facing such enforcement action has committed a criminal offense, excluding state, local, or Federal offenses for which an essential element was the noncitizen's immigration status.
For the purposes of this section, criminal offenses for which an essential element was the noncitizen’s immigration status includes, but is not limited to, offenses identified in sections 264, 266(a), 266(b), 275, or 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and state and local offenses for which an essential element was the noncitizen’s immigration status.