I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7190 
To end detention and electronic monitoring, and redirect funding to 
community-based wrap-around services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2026 
Mrs. RAMIREZ (for herself, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 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 consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ABOLISH IMMIGRATION DETENTION; REPEAL 
OF DETENTION AUTHORITY AND ENFORCE-
MENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR
RELEASE
ON
RECOG-
NIZANCE.—Not later than six months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
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curity shall release on their own recognizance any noncit-
izen detained by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(b) REPEAL OF DETENTION AUTHORITY AND EN-
FORCEMENT.— 
(1) INSPECTION
OF
APPLICANTS
FOR
ADMIS-
SION.—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Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)) are repealed.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U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)) are repealed.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 Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(d)(2)) is amended— 
(A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and 
(B); and 
(B) by striking ‘‘United States—’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States to deliver the noncitizen 
to an immigration officer for inspection or to a 
medical officer for examination.’’. 
(4) APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF NON-
CITIZENS.—Section 236 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226) is repealed. 
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(5) DETENTION
AND
REMOVAL
OF
NONCITI-
ZENS ORDERED REMOVED.—Section 241 of the Im-
migration 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 
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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 bat-
tered, abused, neglected, or abandoned, shall not be com-
pelled 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 EN-
FORCEMENT
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 IMMIGRA-
TION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE.—Section 434 
of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-
tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1644) is 
repealed. 
(9) COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN
GOVERNMENT 
AGENCIES AND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZA-
TION SERVICE.—Section 642 of the Illegal Immigra-
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tion 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 Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227) is re-
pealed. 
(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.—Begin-
ning 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 
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any entity that owns or operates a program or facil-
ity 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 Fed-
eral funds may be used with respect to ankle mon-
itors or ankle monitoring programs. 
(b) SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.—Not later 
than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
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no Federal funds may be used for information sharing 
partnerships between the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity 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 ‘‘Oper-
ations 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 non-
citizen’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 
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Health and Human Services shall establish a grant pro-
gram 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 Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)), including providing— 
(1) housing assistance; 
(2) mental health services; 
(3) assistance accessing healthcare; 
(4) financial empowerment and employment as-
sistance; 
(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 pre-
viously been involved, in any immigration or law enforce-
ment 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 participa-
tion in any monitoring or compliance mechanisms; 
and 
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(2) be provided without subjecting individuals 
to surveillance or monitoring as they access such 
services, including physical, electronic, or other sur-
veillance 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 Fed-
eral entity. 
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