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To end detention and electronic monitoring, and redirect funding to community-based wrap-around services.
Sponsored By: Representative Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
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Summary
Abolish immigration detention is the bill's core goal. It would also strip many federal enforcement powers and redirect enforcement money into community-based wrap-around services for people affected by immigration actions.
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- People held by immigration authorities would be released on recognizance within 6 months, ankle monitors must be planned for removal within one month and physically removed within 6 months, and existing detention and monitoring contracts would end within 2 years with federal funds banned for those programs after that period.
- Enforcement authorities across the Immigration and Nationality Act would be repealed or rewritten, including limits on immigration officer arrest powers and the removal of certain state and local arrest and detention authorities. The bill would also restrict Department of Homeland Security and ICE funding so civil immigration enforcement and enforcement of crimes tied to immigration status are barred.
- The Department of Health and Human Services would create a grant program within 90 days to fund voluntary wrap-around services. Grants go to community-based nonprofits not involved in enforcement and may fund housing, mental health, health care access, job help, English classes, education support, and immigration legal aid. Services must be opt-in, not contingent on monitoring, and recipients cannot share personal identifying information with federal agencies.
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Grants for community support services
If enacted, HHS would set up a grant program within 90 days for community non-profit groups that have not done immigration or law enforcement work. If enacted, those groups could offer voluntary services like housing help, mental health care, help getting healthcare, job and financial help, English classes, education help, and immigration legal help. If enacted, services must be opt-in, not contingent on monitoring, must not subject people to surveillance, and grantees could not send personal identifying information to any Federal agency.
End detention and ankle monitoring
If enacted, DHS would send a plan within one month to remove ankle monitors. If enacted, DHS would remove all ankle monitors and release any person detained by DHS on their own recognizance no later than six months after enactment. If enacted, DHS would end existing detention and monitoring contracts within two years and Federal funds could not pay for ankle monitoring after six months or for detention and monitoring programs after two years. If enacted, this mainly affects noncitizens currently detained or under monitoring and the companies that run those programs.
Limit ICE funds for civil enforcement
If enacted, the bill would bar ICE from using money in its 'Operations and Support' account to carry out civil immigration enforcement, including arrests, detention, removals, or issuing charging documents. If enacted, it would also bar use of those funds to enforce crimes where the essential element is a person's immigration status, and lists several immigration statutes affected. If enacted, these restrictions would take effect when the bill is enacted.
Remove inspection and detention rules
If enacted, the bill would repeal or change several inspection, apprehension, detention, and removal rules in the Immigration and Nationality Act when the bill is enacted. If enacted, it would also repeal two specific grounds for removal in section 237(a) upon enactment. If enacted, these changes would narrow some legal bases that DHS has used to detain or remove noncitizens.
Stop DHS sharing with local police
If enacted, the bill would repeal three federal laws that have allowed state and local agencies to share information with immigration authorities when the bill is enacted. If enacted, it would also bar Federal funds, starting no later than two years after enactment, for DHS partnerships with state or local law enforcement that are meant to identify or target noncitizens for immigration enforcement. If enacted, noncitizens who would otherwise be identified through those partnerships would be less likely to be targeted.
Warrantless arrests and child protections
If enacted, the bill would restate that immigration officers may arrest noncitizens without a warrant when they believe the person is breaking admission or removal laws and likely to escape, and require arrested people be taken without unnecessary delay for an examination. If enacted, the bill would also prohibit forcing a special immigrant juvenile applicant who has been abused, neglected, or abandoned to contact an alleged abuser at any stage of the application. If enacted, this combines a preserved warrantless arrest rule with a new protection for abused child immigrant applicants.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
IL • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
IL • D
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 1/23/2026
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 2/4/2026
Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
MN • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/10/2026
Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6]
WA • D
Sponsored 7/27/2026
Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/27/2026
Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
ME • D
Sponsored 9/16/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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