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Official title: Establish clear standards, training requirements, and reporting relating to immigration enforcement personnel.
Introduced January 15, 2026 by Mark Edward Kelly · Last progress January 15, 2026
The bill increases transparency, training, and national limits on federal immigration uses of force—strengthening protections and accountability—while imposing costs, raising privacy and operational risks, and leaving room for interpretive or enforcement gaps that could limit its practical impact.
Immigrants, the public, and lawmakers will get more transparency and external accountability because federal immigration officers must use body‑worn and vehicle cameras (default‑on) and the bill creates semiannual congressional reports plus a public, searchable use‑of‑force database.
People subject to enforcement (including immigrants) will have stronger protections because the bill sets clearer national limits on use of force (de‑escalation, proportionality, third‑party risk minimization, DOJ deadly‑force standard) and requires officers to intervene, report, and render medical aid for excessive or unconstitutional force.
Immigration enforcement officers and agencies may perform better because the bill mandates annual training (de‑escalation, civil‑rights, documentation) and sets duties to intervene/report, which can reduce wrongful uses of force and improve outcomes for victims.
Taxpayers and enforcement agencies will face higher costs because agencies must procure, operate, and maintain body/vehicle cameras, fund expanded training, and manage data retention and reporting requirements.
Immigrants, bystanders, and local communities face increased privacy risks because expanded retention and searchable access to body‑camera footage could expose images and sensitive data about subjects and third parties.
Officers and the public could be put at greater risk in some operations because prohibitions/limits on certain crowd‑control tools and restrictions on masks/face coverings and uniform identifiers may constrain tactical options for high‑risk or covert operations.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Adds a statutory use‑of‑force standard for federal immigration enforcement requiring de‑escalation, intervention duties, reporting, ID rules, and DOJ deadly‑force criteria.
Creates a federal legal standard limiting how Federal immigration enforcement personnel may use force. It bans excessive or unreasonable force by requiring de‑escalation, proportionality, reporting, and an affirmative duty to intervene; it adopts DOJ standards for deadly force, restricts masks and requires identification except in narrow circumstances, and protects officers’ ability to act to preserve safety. Applies to all Federal immigration enforcement personnel, adds a new civil‑ or criminal‑relevant statutory section setting conduct, equipment, identification, intervention, and reporting obligations, and clarifies that the Act does not expand officers’ authority, nor compel state or local participation in federal immigration enforcement.