Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act

This bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to set detention standards for immigrant detention facilities within one year, with unannounced yearly inspections by its Inspector General and fines, contract termination, or detainee transfers for facilities that fail. It would phase out contracts with for-profit detention operators and jails within three years, ban solitary confinement, bar detaining children under 18 in ICE facilities, and require public reporting and investigations of deaths in custody. It would change detention law to require custody hearings with a presumption of release, repeal mandatory detention, and create a community-based case management program without ankle monitors. Detainees injured by standard violations could sue in federal court, and members of Congress could enter facilities without advance notice.

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Sponsors

• Cory A. Booker Democrat sponsor
• 11 cosponsors