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The bill increases public transparency and gives law enforcement easier access to information about people with final removal orders, but it raises significant privacy and safety risks for noncitizens and their communities and creates administrative burdens for governments.
Taxpayers, local and state governments, and the public gain access to names, last-known locations, and photos of people with final removal orders, increasing transparency about immigration enforcement outcomes.
Law enforcement and public-safety agencies can more easily identify individuals with final removal orders, which may aid enforcement actions and community safety efforts.
Noncitizens with final removal orders (and their families/associates) face increased risks of harassment, doxxing, vigilante actions, and other threats when names, photos, and last-known states are published, undermining their privacy and personal safety.
Public disclosure may discourage cooperation with local services and witnesses who fear exposure, reducing trust in authorities and harming community policing and public safety.
Maintaining, verifying, and publishing photographs, aliases, and location data creates administrative and accuracy burdens for DHS and state/local governments, requiring resources and ongoing oversight.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires DHS to post on its website the name, photo, any aliases, and last known State of residence of every person issued a final order of removal after enactment.
Introduced October 21, 2025 by Andrew S. Biggs · Last progress October 21, 2025
Requires the Department of Homeland Security to publish on its website the name of every person who receives a final order of removal after the law is enacted, and to post with each name a photograph, any known aliases, and the individual’s last known State of residence. The bill also makes a minor technical change to redesignate an existing subsection of the immigration statute. The requirement applies to final orders of removal only and directs DHS to maintain a public list with identifying details; it does not create new removal procedures or authorize new funding within the text provided.