S3702 Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act

↓Restricts immigration enforcement model confidence 90%

Establishes mandatory standards, oversight, inspections, reporting, and restrictions on private facilities for immigration detention, while adding procedural requirements like prompt custody hearings, presumption of release, and limits on who can be detained, resulting in fewer people held in fewer,

The Secretary-- (i) may not enter into or extend any contract or agreement with any public or private for-profit entity that owns or operates a detention facility for the use of such facility to detain aliens in the custody of the Department; and (ii) shall terminate any contract or agreement described in clause (i) not later than the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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↓Restricts immigration enforcement model confidence 85%

Amends INA section 236 to require probable cause warrants or specific authority for arrests, prompt initial custody determinations, hearings within 72 hours with presumption of release, least restrictive conditions, and special protections for vulnerable persons, making continued detention harder.

In a hearing under this subsection, there shall be a presumption that the alien should be released.

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↓Restricts immigration enforcement model confidence 80%

Requires detailed public reporting on detainees (including gender, age, nationality, vulnerability, family separation), online locator updates, notifications of deaths, root-cause investigations, and unannounced inspections of detention facilities.

The Secretary shall collect and maintain, for each alien in the custody of the Department-- (1) the gender and age of the alien; ... (13) whether the alien was separated from a family unit at the border or in the interior of the United States.

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