KAMALA Act

The KAMALA Act (HR 50) prohibits federal housing and community development funds from assisting undocumented immigrants. Specifically, it amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to block the use of 2024 and future grants for "persons not lawfully present" (undocumented immigrants) and to deny funding to states or local governments that provide such assistance through their own programs. This directly affects municipalities, tribes, and state agencies receiving HUD grants, requiring them to exclude undocumented immigrants from housing and community aid funded by these grants. The law changes how federal housing funds are distributed by adding explicit eligibility restrictions tied to immigration status.