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.

Key Points

• The bill would ban the Department of Homeland Security from building, converting, or operating any new types of immigration detention facilities, including warehouses, tents, modular units, and soft-sided structures.
• The legislation responds to reported government plans to spend roughly $38.3 billion converting warehouses and industrial buildings into large-scale detention centers, which sponsors argue lack the infrastructure needed for safe conditions.
• The bill draws a direct comparison between the planned detention expansion and the World War II internment of roughly 120,000 Japanese Americans, calling it a repeat of a dark historical chapter.
• Any federal money already set aside for these new detention models would be blocked from being spent, and funds already committed to operating such facilities would be redirected to affordable healthcare and housing.
• The bill cites a pattern of deaths and rights violations in existing immigration detention, including 33 reported deaths in 2025 and 13 so far in 2026, as justification for stopping any expansion.