H.R. 7190

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7190 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7190

To end detention and electronic monitoring, and redirect funding to 
community-based wrap-around services.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 21, 2026

Mrs. Ramirez (for herself, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
Davis of Illinois, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced 
the following bill; which was 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

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A BILL

To end detention and electronic monitoring, and redirect funding to 
community-based wrap-around services.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ABOLISH IMMIGRATION DETENTION; REPEAL OF DETENTION AUTHORITY 
AND ENFORCEMENT.

(a) Requirement for Release on Recognizance.--Not later than six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall release on their own recognizance any 
noncitizen detained by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(b) Repeal of Detention Authority and Enforcement.--
(1) Inspection of applicants for admission.--Clauses (ii) 
and (iii)(IV) of section 235(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)) are repealed.
(2) Inspection of other noncitizens.--Subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C) of section 235(b)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)) are repealed.
(3) Authority relating to inspections.--Section 235(d)(2) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(d)(2)) is 
amended--
(A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B); and
(B) by striking ``United States--'' and inserting 
``United States to deliver the noncitizen to an 
immigration officer for inspection or to a medical 
officer for examination.''.
(4) Apprehension and detention of noncitizens.--Section 236 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226) is 
repealed.
(5) Detention and removal of noncitizens ordered removed.--
Section 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1231) is amended--
(A) by striking subsection (a); and
(B) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), 
(e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (a), (b), (c), 
(d), (e), (f), (g), respectively.
(6) Power of immigration officers and employees.--Section 
287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) is 
amended to read as follows:
``(a) Any officer or employee of the Service authorized under 
regulations prescribed by the Attorney General shall have power without 
warrant to arrest any alien who in his presence or view is entering or 
attempting to enter the United States in violation of any law or 
regulation made in pursuance of law regulating the admission, 
exclusion, expulsion or removal of aliens, or to arrest any alien in 
the United States, if he has reason to believe that the alien so 
arrested is in the United States in violation of any such law or 
regulation and is likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained for 
his arrest, but the alien arrested shall be taken without unnecessary 
delay for examination before an officer of the Service having authority 
to examine aliens as to their right to enter or remain in the United 
States.
``(b) An alien described in section 101(a)(27)(J) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act who has been battered, abused, 
neglected, or abandoned, shall not be compelled to contact the alleged 
abuser (or family member of the alleged abuser) at any stage of 
applying for special immigrant juvenile status, including after a 
request for the consent of the Secretary of Homeland Security under 
section 101(a)(27)(J)(iii)(I) of such Act.''.
(7) Authorizing state and local law enforcement officials 
to arrest and detain certain noncitizens.--Section 439 of the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1252C) is repealed.
(8) Communication between state and local government 
agencies and the immigration and naturalization service.--
Section 434 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1644) is repealed.
(9) Communication between government agencies and the 
immigration and naturalization service.--Section 642 of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373) is repealed.
(10) Public charge; unlawful voters.--Paragraphs (5) and 
(6) of section 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1227) is repealed.
(c) Termination of Contracts for Immigration Detention.--
(1) Existing contracts with respect to physical detention 
and monitoring.--Not later than two years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
terminate any contract entered into by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security on or before the date of the enactment of 
this Act with respect to immigration detention and monitoring 
programs, including any contract with any entity that owns or 
operates a program or facility that provides services related 
to detention or monitoring.
(2) Other contracts with respect to physical detention and 
monitoring.--Beginning on the date that is two years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be used 
with respect to immigration detention and monitoring programs, 
including any contract with any entity that owns or operates a 
program or facility that provides services related to detention 
or monitoring.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

(a) Ankle Monitoring System.--
(1) Plan required.--Not later than one month after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a plan to 
remove all ankle monitors from noncitizens being monitored by 
the Secretary.
(2) Removal of ankle monitors.--Not later than six months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall remove each ankle monitor from a 
noncitizen being monitored by the Secretary.
(3) Prohibition on use of federal funds.--Beginning on the 
date that is six months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, no Federal funds may be used with respect to ankle 
monitors or ankle monitoring programs.
(b) Secure Communities Program.--Not later than two years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be used for 
information sharing partnerships between the Department of Homeland 
Security and any State or local law enforcement agency to identify or 
target noncitizens for the purpose of enforcing the immigration laws 
(as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)).
(c) Certain Funds.--None of the funds provided to U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement for ``Operations and Support'' may be used--
(1) to engage in civil immigration enforcement activities, 
including arrests, detention, removal, or the processing or 
issuance of charging documents;
(2) to enforce, or assist another Federal, State, or local 
agency to enforce, a criminal offense in which an essential 
element of the offense is the noncitizen's immigration status, 
including State and local offenses and offenses under sections 
243, 264, 275, or 276 or subsections (a) or (b) of section 266 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253; 1304; 
1325; 1326; 1306).

SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM FOR WRAP-AROUND SOCIAL SERVICES.

(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
establish a grant program to award grants to an eligible entity to 
administer wrap-around social services to any individual affected by 
the enforcement of the immigration laws (as such term is defined under 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)), 
including providing--
(1) housing assistance;
(2) mental health services;
(3) assistance accessing healthcare;
(4) financial empowerment and employment assistance;
(5) English classes;
(6) education assistance; and
(7) immigration legal assistance.
(b) Eligible Entity.--A grant awarded under this section shall be 
awarded to community-based non-profit organizations that are not 
involved, and have not previously been involved, in any immigration or 
law enforcement activity.
(c) Provision of Services.--Any services provided pursuant to a 
grant awarded under this section shall--
(1) be provided on an opt-in and voluntary basis and shall 
not be made contingent on participation in any monitoring or 
compliance mechanisms; and
(2) be provided without subjecting individuals to 
surveillance or monitoring as they access such services, 
including physical, electronic, or other surveillance or 
monitoring.
(d) Conditions on Reporting.--A community-based organization 
providing services pursuant to a grant awarded under this section may 
not submit any personal identifying information relating to individuals 
to any Federal entity.
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