CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Brittany Pettersen (D-CO)

Oversight of Temporary ICE Holding Cells Act

H.R. 9294 · House bill Immigration

A Democratic bill with 3 Democratic cosponsors · See all 3 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

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 is called the "Oversight of Temporary ICE Holding Cells Act." It prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security from keeping any person in a holding room for longer than 12 hours. The bill defines a holding room as a secure area used for temporary confinement before specific events like processing, appointments, release, transfer, or transportation.

Yes

  • Scored +8

    Would immigrants be better off under this?

    Directly limits the time immigrants can be held in temporary ICE holding cells.

  • Scored +5

    Does this protect the right to fair treatment by the courts?

    Limits the duration of temporary confinement in holding cells, improving the rights of detainees.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.