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This bill would make the Department of Homeland Security create a public, online database about immigration detention. It would show, without naming people, why someone is being held, how long they’ve been held, where they’re held (with protections for minors and others who must be kept confidential), whether they’ve been moved, and whether they have a removal order. The database must be updated every day, with past days saved and shared each year, and it cannot include personally identifiable information.
It would also show big‑picture information: demographics of people in ICE custody, records of discipline and use of force, transfers, deportations, and details about any “non‑traditional” sites used for detention, like military bases, tribal lands, or places outside the continental U.S. (including the reasons for use, number of beds, medical care standards, costs, and agreements). The site must list any open oversight recommendations from federal watchdog offices and ICE’s plan or reasons for not acting on them. The bill also says DHS cannot shut down or scale back the Immigration Detention Ombudsman or the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, if funds are available.
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.
Introduced June 23, 2025 by Maxwell Frost · Last progress June 23, 2025