Oversight of Temporary ICE Holding Cells Act

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Introduced 2026-06-11Topic: immigration · civil rights

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This bill would bar the Secretary of Homeland Security from keeping a person in a holding room for more than 12 hours. It defines a holding room as a secure area used to temporarily confine a detained person before intake processing, appointments such as court or medical visits, release, transfer to another facility, or transportation related to removal.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-07-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.	refer
2026-06-11	House	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.	refer
2026-06-11	House	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.	refer
2026-06-11		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-06-11		Introduced in House	introduce

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