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Bill · 119th Congress · S 5325

Delaney Hall Closure Act

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Introduced 2026-08-06Topic: immigration · criminal justice

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This bill would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to stop all immigration detention operations at the Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark, New Jersey, within 90 days after the bill becomes law. It would bar the Secretary from entering into any new contract or agreement to run the facility as a place to detain people in the Secretary's custody. The Secretary would also have to end any existing contract to operate the facility. The Department would owe payment only for services provided before the contract termination takes effect.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-08-06SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.refer
2026-08-06Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.