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This bill substantially curtails federal detention, monitoring, enforcement funding, and information-sharing while expanding voluntary community services and privacy protections for immigrants—trading stronger federal immigration enforcement and certain supervisory tools (and costs) for greater immigrant privacy, community-based support, and shifted burdens to state/local governments.
Noncitizens in DHS custody and on electronic monitoring will be released or have ankle monitors removed within six months, ending routine immigration detention and long-term electronic supervision for those individuals.
The bill reduces federal immigration enforcement spending and use of private detention contracts by stopping certain DHS/ICE funding for detention, monitoring, and enforcement activities, which could lower federal operating costs over time.
The bill strengthens privacy and limits information-sharing about immigration status by repealing/limiting certain mandatory sharing rules, restricting DHS data-sharing with local police, and prohibiting grantees from sharing personally identifying information with federal immigration entities.
Local communities and law enforcement may face increased public-safety concerns because detainees will be released and surveillance/monitoring tools (e.g., ankle monitors) will be removed or defunded.
Prohibiting federal funding for detention, monitoring, and certain enforcement activities will shift costs and responsibilities to state and local governments (and potentially taxpayers), straining local budgets and services.
Curtailing federal enforcement authorities and funding may reduce ICE's ability to carry out timely removals and detentions, potentially leaving some noncitizens in the U.S. longer and increasing administrative backlogs or legal uncertainty.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Ends most federal immigration detention and many enforcement funding/practices over 2 years, removes ankle monitors, limits info‑sharing, and funds community-based services.
Introduced January 21, 2026 by Delia Ramirez · Last progress January 21, 2026
Requires DHS to release all noncitizens in federal immigration custody on their own recognizance within six months, ends many federal immigration detention authorities and related contracts within two years, bans federal funding for most immigration detention and certain enforcement programs, orders removal of ankle monitors, restricts DHS information-sharing with state and local law enforcement, and creates an HHS grant program to fund voluntary community-based wrap‑around services for people affected by immigration enforcement. Phases: a one-month plan requirement for monitor removal, grant program setup within 90 days, release and monitor removal within six months, and termination of detention contracts and federal funding bans starting two years after enactment.