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Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)

To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.

H.R. 8494 · House bill Immigration

A Democratic bill with 25 Democratic cosponsors · See all 25 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill seeks to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from creating or using any new immigration detention models. It specifically prohibits the agency from entering into or renewing contracts for facilities such as warehouses, modular units, tents, or processing centers. The legislation aims to stop the planned expansion of detention through the acquisition or retrofitting of industrial facilities. Additionally, it forbids the redirection of federal funds toward these new detention structures. Instead, the bill mandates that funds intended for these models be moved to services like housing and health care.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Scored +7

    Would immigrants be better off under this?

    The bill seeks to prevent overcrowding, medical neglect, and unconscionable conditions in detention facilities.

  • Scored +5

    Does this make health care easier to get in general?

    The bill transfers funds previously intended for detention models to affordable health care services.

  • Scored +5

    Does this make housing cost less?

    The bill mandates that funds from immigration detention models be transferred to affordable housing services.

The opposite

  • Scored -3

    Does this tighten control of the border?

    The bill restricts the infrastructure and facilities used for processing and detaining individuals under civil immigration authority.

  • Scored -2

    Does this reduce what the federal government spends?

    The bill prohibits new large-scale spending on industrial immigration detention facilities.