DHS Release Transparency Act
Sponsored By: Representative Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]
Introduced
Summary
Designated release contacts for people detained by CBP or ICE. This bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to let someone taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement name a point of contact to receive updates about their release.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Immigrants can name a release contact
If enacted, DHS would offer anyone taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement the option at intake to name a point of contact and give that person’s contact information. Before release, DHS would notify the designated contact, unless the person was held at a port of entry for less than 12 hours. DHS would try at least two times to notify the contact. DHS would provide translation and interpretation when a detainee chooses a contact and when DHS notifies the contact in the contact’s chosen language. Information collected under this rule would not be used for enforcement. These rules would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]
NY • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
MS • D
Sponsored 6/2/2026
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/2/2026
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
MD • D
Sponsored 6/2/2026
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 6/2/2026
Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Sponsored 6/2/2026
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/2/2026
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/2/2026
Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/2/2026
Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/3/2026
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/4/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/4/2026
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/8/2026
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/8/2026
Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/9/2026
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/9/2026
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/9/2026
Roll Call Votes
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