This bill would end most immigration detention and electronic monitoring run by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It would require DHS to release people detained by DHS on their own recognizance within six months of the bill becoming law. The bill repeals or changes several sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act that authorize detention. It would require termination of existing detention and monitoring contracts within two years and bar Federal funds for detention and monitoring after that. The bill also requires DHS to remove ankle monitors from people being monitored within six months and bars Federal funds for ankle monitoring programs after that. It would prohibit Federal funding for certain information-sharing partnerships between DHS and state or local law enforcement, including the Secure Communities program, within two years. The bill restricts use of ICE "Operations and Support" funds for civil immigration enforcement and for enforcing some offenses linked to a person's immigration status.
The bill creates a new grant program at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS must set up the grant program within 90 days. Grants would go to community-based non-profit organizations that have not been involved in immigration or law enforcement work. Grants would fund voluntary, opt-in wrap-around services for people affected by immigration enforcement, such as housing help, mental health services, health care access, job help, English classes, education help, and immigration legal help. Services must be provided without surveillance or monitoring, and grantees may not send personal identifying information to Federal agencies.
No publicly available information on overall cost estimates or specific appropriations is included in the bill text. The bill specifies timeframes that would limit Federal spending: a prohibition on Federal funds for ankle monitors and monitoring programs beginning six months after enactment, and a prohibition on Federal funds for detention and monitoring programs beginning two years after enactment. The bill creates an HHS grant program but does not specify funding amounts or authorizations for those grants.
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