Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 12
- Latest action
- Jan 27, 2026
What it does
The Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act would require the Department of Homeland Security to establish and regularly update detention standards for facilities holding immigrants in its custody, based on the American Bar Association’s Civil Immigration Detention Standards. It mandates annual unannounced inspections by the Inspector General, public reporting of inspection results and deaths in custody, and requires the Secretary to notify Congress within 24 hours of any detainee death and conduct a root cause analysis. The bill also creates a public facilities matrix with detailed detention data, requires an online detainee locator system to be updated within 12 hours of changes, allows…
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.