Humane Accountability Act

More detention transparency for immigrants and families

If enacted, the bill would require DHS to report to Congress within 30 days on all CBP and ICE encounters and removals since January 21, 2025. The 30-day report would list detained and removed people by name, nationality, alien number when available, the legal or other authority for each detention or removal, and the destination country. DHS and HHS would jointly report to Congress and the Comptroller General within 60 days about incidents in CBP, ICE, and ORR custody, including assaults needing medical care, sexual assault reports and findings, local law enforcement calls, overnight medical transfers, deaths, and complaints and any remedial actions, including access to lawyers. The Comptroller General would then have 90 days to give recommendations on those incidents and complaints, including effects of oversight office closures, visitation and access compliance, more inspector reviews, and better detainee-location tracking (including final repatriation locations in the ICE locator). The bill would also require DHS or HHS to notify Congress at least 60 days before using a non-traditional detention site and to provide the specific location, justification, number of beds, care standards and medical access, timeline, budget, and any agreements. Non-traditional sites would include Department of Defense property, buildings on Indian lands as defined in regulation, and lands outside the continental United States.