Requires immediate, unannounced congressional access to immigration detention facilities and mandates contractors to allow it or face contract cancellation, increasing oversight of detention operations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall grant Members of Congress, without delay and without obstruction, access to covered facilities to carry out oversight responsibilities.
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President
Law
Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2026-05-13: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
Filed
2026-05-12
Committee
Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill mandates unrestricted, immediate congressional access to DHS immigration detention facilities (including those run by contractors) for oversight, with penalties for noncompliance and no-notice entry. This expands congressional scrutiny of detention practices, which restricts the scope of immigration enforcement by increasing accountability for humane treatment and compliance.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
2026-05-12
Libra
Introduced in House
2026-05-12
Libra
Introduced in House
2026-05-12
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.
2026-05-12
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.