To end detention and electronic monitoring, and redirect funding to community-based wrap-around services.
Sponsored By: Representative Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
Introduced
Summary
Ending federal immigration detention is the bill's central aim. It would shift money away from detention and enforcement and toward voluntary, community-based wrap-around services for people affected by immigration enforcement.
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- People detained by U.S. immigration authorities and their families would be released on their own recognizance within six months of enactment. Existing detention contracts would have to end within two years and federal funding for detention and monitoring would be barred after that timeframe.
- The Department of Health and Human Services would create a grant program within 90 days to fund community-based non-profit organizations to provide housing, mental health care, healthcare access, financial empowerment, employment help, English classes, education, and immigration legal assistance. Grants would be limited to organizations not involved in immigration enforcement, services would be voluntary and non-surveillance, and recipients could not submit personal identifying information to federal entities.
- The bill would repeal or limit multiple authorities that let federal and local agencies share data or arrest and detain people for immigration enforcement, including measures tied to programs like Secure Communities, thereby curbing police-to-immigration enforcement collaboration.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
End immigration detention and monitoring
If enacted, the bill would require DHS to plan within one month to remove ankle monitors. Within six months, DHS would remove ankle monitors and release any noncitizen detained by the Secretary on their own recognizance. Within two years, existing contracts for immigration detention and monitoring would be terminated and federal funds could no longer pay for detention or monitoring programs. Upon enactment, funds for ICE "Operations and Support" would not be usable for civil immigration enforcement, and INA detention authority in section 236 would be repealed.
Grants for community wrap around services
If enacted, HHS would create a grant program within 90 days to fund community-based nonprofits to give voluntary wrap-around services to people affected by immigration enforcement. Services could include housing help, mental health care, help accessing healthcare, job and financial help, English and education classes, and immigration legal assistance. Services must be opt-in, cannot require monitoring or surveillance, and grantees could not give personal identifying information about service recipients to any federal agency.
Limit inspections and local enforcement cooperation
If enacted, the bill would repeal several laws that let federal, state, and local agencies share information or help arrest noncitizens for immigration purposes. It would remove some grounds for removal, including public-charge and unlawful voting provisions. The bill would also change inspection rules to require delivery of a noncitizen to an immigration officer for inspection or to a medical officer for examination. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
New arrest rules and juvenile protection
If enacted, immigration officers would be allowed to arrest without a warrant any noncitizen caught entering illegally or any noncitizen in the United States the officer reasonably believes is unlawfully present and likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained. Arrested people would be taken without unnecessary delay for examination before an authorized Service officer. If you are applying for special immigrant juvenile status and have been battered, abused, neglected, or abandoned, you would not be forced to contact the alleged abuser or their family during the application. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
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
Davis (IL)
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
Grijalva
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
Roll Call Votes
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