Creates an Ombudsman empowered to investigate complaints, conduct facility inspections, propose changes to administrative practices, recommend disciplinary actions against officers and contractors, and establish a standardized complaint process with public database, which adds oversight and redress,
The Ombudsman shall-- (1) establish an independent, neutral, and appropriately confidential process to receive, investigate, resolve, and provide redress, including immigration relief, monetary damages, or any other action determined appropriate, for complaints, grievances, or requests for assistance from individuals, associations, and employers regarding the border security and immigration activities of the Department;
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Introduced (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
President
Law
Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2026-03-04: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Filed
2026-03-04
Committee
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates oversight bodies, complaint mechanisms, community liaison offices, and mandatory training that emphasize civil/human rights protections, due process, reducing migrant deaths, limiting enforcement locations/cooperation, and accountability for border agents. These provisions substantively address immigration-enforcement by increasing constraints on state/local/federal border activities (no topics in firearms, transgender, or abortion). All hits use the /other subtag as none match the more specific enforcement subtags like sanctuary-policies or state-federal-cooperation.