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.
The DHS Release Transparency Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to offer detainees held by Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement the opportunity to designate a point of contact to receive notifications about their release. When an individual is released from custody (except those held at ports of entry for less than 12 hours), the agency must attempt to notify the designated contact person at least twice, with translation services provided to both the detainee and their contact in their preferred languages. The bill protects privacy by prohibiting the government from using any information collected through this notification process for enforcement purposes. The legislation affects all individuals detained by the two agencies and aims to improve transparency in the immigration detention system by ensuring families and representatives know when their detained relatives are being released.
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