To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.
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Latest Action · April 23, 2026
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.
H.R. 8494 would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from creating, operating, or contracting for new immigration detention facilities, including warehouses, modular units, tent systems, and processing centers. The bill blocks DHS from entering into or renewing any contracts or agreements related to these detention models and prevents the use of federal funds—both current and future—to establish, construct, or operate such facilities. According to the bill's findings, DHS had announced plans to spend approximately $38.3 billion on acquiring and retrofitting warehouses into large-scale immigration detention centers. Any funds currently obligated for these new detention models would be redirected toward affordable health care and housing services. The prohibition takes effect immediately upon enactment if the bill becomes law.
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