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No Cages in the Everglades Act
Sponsored By: Representative Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
In Committee
Summary
This bill would ban the operation and funding of any immigration detention facility located in or adjacent to the Everglades ecosystem. It would also expand congressional inspection rights and require a Department of Homeland Security inspector general report on funding, detention conditions, standards compliance, and ecological and disaster risks.
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- People detained: The bill would stop DHS from placing people in new facilities inside or next to the Everglades. The inspector general would review complaints, access to counsel, and risks to detainees from flooding or hurricanes.
- DHS, ICE, and contractors: It would bar use of DHS funds for planning, construction, leasing, operation, staffing, or maintenance of those facilities and forbid contracting with public entities for those purposes.
- Congress and the Everglades: Members of Congress and designated staff would be allowed announced or unannounced inspections of any facility housing DHS detainees. The inspector general would have to report within 90 days of enactment and brief the listed House and Senate committees. The bill defines the Everglades ecosystem to include Big Cypress National Preserve, Everglades National Park, Water Conservation Areas, and adjacent wetlands.
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Stops immigration detention in Everglades
If enacted, this bill would bar DHS, including ICE, from using any available funds to plan, build, lease, operate, staff, or maintain an immigration detention facility in or next to the Everglades ecosystem. It would also bar DHS from contracting with any public entity for those purposes. If enacted, Members of Congress and designated congressional staff would be allowed to make announced or unannounced inspections of any facility holding people in DHS custody, and contracts could not block that access. The DHS Inspector General would have to report to the listed congressional committees within 90 days on money spent, how the facility was planned, whether it meets listed federal detention standards, detainee complaints, and ecological and disaster risks. The bill defines the Everglades ecosystem, the covered committees and staff, and what counts as a covered facility.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]
GA • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30]
TX • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
TX • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 6/30/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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