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Congress·In Committee·about 1 month ago

Congress Proposes Abolishing Immigration Detention and Ending Electronic Monitoring Nationwide

Legislative Progress

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Impact Analysis

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Key Points

  • This bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to release everyone currently held in immigration detention centers within six months. It would also permanently remove the government's legal authority to lock people up for most immigration-related reasons.
  • The government would be required to stop using electronic tracking devices, such as ankle monitors, on immigrants. All current monitors would have to be removed within six months, and federal funding for these tracking programs would be banned.
  • The plan would stop U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from using its budget for arrests, deportations, or civil enforcement. Instead, that money would be redirected to a new grant program that provides social services like housing, healthcare, and legal aid.
  • The bill would end programs where local police share information with federal immigration officials to identify or target noncitizens. It also requires the government to cancel all contracts with private companies that run detention centers or monitoring programs within two years.
  • New community-based services, such as English classes and job training, would be run by non-profit groups that have no connection to law enforcement. These services would be voluntary, and the groups providing them would be prohibited from sharing personal information with the federal government.
ImmigrationCriminal JusticeHealthcare

Milestones

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Jan 21, 2026House

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced in House

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

To end detention and electronic monitoring, and redirect funding to community-based wrap-around services.

Bill NumberHR 7190
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Cosponsors

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D: 13

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