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US HR2760

US HR2760
Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act

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Introduced
04/20/2023
In Committee
04/20/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2025

Introduced Session

118th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes.

AI Summary

This bill, the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, aims to establish standards for facilities at which immigrants in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are detained. The key provisions include: 1. Requiring the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish detention standards for each DHS detention facility, based on the American Bar Association's Civil Immigration Detention Standards. These standards must be reviewed and updated biennially. 2. Mandating periodic, unannounced inspections of detention facilities by the DHS Inspector General to ensure compliance with the established standards. Facilities found to be non-compliant face fines and potential closure. 3. Requiring the Secretary to notify Congress within 24 hours of any deaths of immigrants in DHS custody, conduct investigations into such deaths, and make the results publicly available. 4. Phasing out the use of private, for-profit detention facilities and limiting the use of jails to detain immigrants over a 3-year period. 5. Establishing a community-based case management program as an alternative to detention, and prohibiting the use of electronic surveillance like ankle monitors. 6. Amending immigration law to provide detained immigrants with custody determination hearings, a presumption of release, and the requirement that the government use the least restrictive conditions to ensure appearance and public safety. 7. Prohibiting the use of solitary confinement for immigrants in DHS custody. Overall, the bill aims to improve the conditions and oversight of immigration detention facilities, reduce the use of detention, and provide more humane treatment for immigrants in government custody.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (123)

Pramila Jayapal (D)*,  Jake Auchincloss (D),  Becca Balint (D),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Jamaal Bowman (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Shontel Brown (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  Cori Bush (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  André Carson (D),  Troy Carter (D),  Greg Casar (D),  Sean Casten (D),  Joaquin Castro (D),  Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Lou Correa (D),  Jasmine Crockett (D),  Jason Crow (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Debbie Dingell (D),  Lloyd Doggett (D),  Veronica Escobar (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Teresa Fernandez (D),  Valerie Foushee (D),  Lois Frankel (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  John Garamendi (D),  Robert Garcia (D),  Sylvia Garcia (D),  Chuy García (D),  Dan Goldman (D),  Jimmy Gomez (D),  Al Green (D),  Jahana Hayes (D),  Jim Himes (D),  Steven Horsford (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Glenn Ivey (D),  Jonathan Jackson (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Sara Jacobs (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  Rick Larsen (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Summer Lee (D),  Mike Levin (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Morgan McGarvey (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Kevin Mullin (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Joe Neguse (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Mary Peltola (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Katie Porter (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Delia Ramirez (D),  Andrea Salinas (D),  Linda Sánchez (D),  John Sarbanes (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Terri Sewell (D),  Brad Sherman (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Melanie Stansbury (D),  Marilyn Strickland (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Shri Thanedar (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Dina Titus (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Jill Tokuda (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Ritchie Torres (D),  Lori Trahan (D),  David Trone (D),  Juan Vargas (D),  Marc Veasey (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Maxine Waters (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Nikema Williams (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Last Action

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. (on 04/20/2023)

Bill Topics

Immigration
  • ‐ Immigration Regulation and Control
Law, Crime, and Family Issues
  • ‐ Prisons and Correctional Institutions
(2 Companion Bills)

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Document Type Source Location Created
State Bill Page https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2760/all-info 04/21/2023
BillText https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr2760/BILLS-118hr2760ih.pdf 06/27/2023
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