Sponsors (7)
The bill tightens immigration enforcement—expanding detention, electronic monitoring, and expedited removals—to reduce absconding and speed removals, but it increases surveillance and costs, burdens government operations, and heightens risks to due process and family/economic stability.
Immigration enforcement agencies and the public: expanded use of detention, GPS/ATD enrollment, and curfews makes noncitizens easier to locate, reduces absconding, and enables quicker removal of those who breach conditions.
DHS officers and immigration decision-makers: clearer operational rules and expedited removal authority reduce discretionary uncertainty for officers and allow noncompliant cases to be handled more quickly.
Immigration courts and ICE case processing: mandatory monitoring (GPS/ATD) and curfews are likely to improve appearance rates and therefore can smooth hearings and reduce missed-court events.
Non-detained immigrants: continuous electronic surveillance (GPS/ATD) and mandatory curfews significantly reduce privacy and freedom of movement.
Noncitizens with claims or defenses: the ability to remove individuals in absentia based on an officer's affidavit raises the risk of erroneous removals and denies some people the opportunity to present evidence.
Taxpayers and local governments: greater reliance on detention and expanded monitoring likely increases government spending and could shift operational or fiscal costs to local agencies.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Introduced January 13, 2025 by Rafael Edward Cruz · Last progress January 13, 2025
Requires that virtually every noncitizen on ICE’s nondetained docket be enrolled in an Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program, wear continuous GPS monitoring for the entire duration of immigration proceedings (including appeals), and stay at an ATD-approved residence nightly from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Bars release into ATD unless all DHS detention beds are full and all efforts to hold the person in detention are exhausted. Allows an immigration officer’s affidavit of noncompliance with release terms to trigger an automatic removal order in absentia. Includes a severability clause.