# 119-hr-8494: To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.

119-hr-8494, To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI); status in_committee (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8494
- Congress: 119
- Title: To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-04-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 25
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Blocks new immigration detention models** that would convert warehouses, tents, or modular units into large-scale processing or detention centers. It forbids DHS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from entering into contracts or agreements to create, expand, convert, or renovate such facilities and bars using or reprogramming federal funds for those projects. - People held under civil immigration authority: Prevents planned large-scale conversions and highlights documented harms such as medical neglect and overcrowding. The act cites 33 deaths in 2025 and 13 deaths so far in 2026 under DHS/ICE supervision. - Surrounding communities: Blocks conversions the bill says would strain local water, electricity, and public health infrastructure and divert local tax revenue, while increasing surveillance and environmental impacts. - DHS and contractors: Prohibits entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing contracts or intergovernmental service agreements to establish or operate any new immigration detention model. - Federal funding and services: Forbids using or reprogramming amounts already obligated to establish or run new models and requires amounts obligated to operate such models be transferred to services like affordable health care and housing. *Likely reduces federal spending by blocking the roughly $38.3 billion ICE plan to acquire and retrofit warehouses into detention centers.*

## Cosponsors (25)

- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3] (D-MN), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2026-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2026-06-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban on new immigration detention sites: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would stop DHS, including ICE, from creating or running any new immigration detention model. It would bar using warehouses, industrial sites, tents, soft-sided or modular units, processing centers, or similar structures to house, process, or detain people under civil immigratio…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8494 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8494)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8494 (as of 2026-09-21).