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Stop Unlawful Detention and End Mistreatment Act of 2025
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a publicly available online immigration detention database, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish a publicly accessible online database tracking immigration detention practices. The database must include information about individual detainees (detention authority, duration, location, and transfer history), the overall detained population (demographics and disciplinary actions), and nontraditional detention locations (justification, capacity, standards of care, and costs). The database must be updated daily and exclude personally identifiable information. The bill also prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security from discontinuing or reducing the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman or the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. The legislation aims to provide transparency and oversight of immigration detention operations.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Maxwell Frost’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- VLP LAW $13,200
- SMARTHINKING $13,200
- BAD ROBOT PRODUCTIONS $13,200
- AMSCOT FINANCIAL, INC. $8,500
- ADVENT HEALTH $6,750
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Maxwell Frost → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Jun 24, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement. · house
- Jun 23, 2025 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. · house
- Jun 23, 2025 Introduced in House
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Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 23, 2025
Mr. Frost (for himself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Mr. Espaillat) 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 consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a publicly available online immigration detention database, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Stop Unlawful Detention and End Mistreatment Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. IMMIGRATION DETENTION DATABASE.
(a) In General.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a publicly available, online database that includes the following:
(1) With respect to any individual in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the following information:
(A) The legal authority under which the individual is being detained.
(B) The duration for which the individual has been detained.
(C) The location where the individual is being detained, except in the case of a minor, an individual whose location may not be disclosed pursuant to a protection order, or an individual who is a participant in a witness protection program.
(D) Whether the individual has been transferred to a different location after being so detained, and the number of such transfers.
(E) Whether the individual is subject to an order of removal.
(2) With respect to the population of individuals in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the following information:
(A) Demographic information about the population of individuals detained, including nationality, age, status under the immigration laws.
(B) Any disciplinary actions taken against such an individual, including any use of force or transfer of such an individual to another location.
(C) Any deportations of such individuals.
(3) With respect to each non-traditional location described in subsection (d) at which an individual in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detained, the following information:
(A) The type and specific location for the nontraditional detention location.
(B) A justification for utilization.
(C) The number of detention beds that will be utilized.
(D) Details of efforts to ensure compliance with all reporting, access, and due process requirements.
(E) A copy of detention standard of care that will be applied, including facilitation of access to medical services.
(F) A timeline, estimated costs, budget, and utilized funds.
(G) A copy of any agreements for use of the nontraditional location, including a record of any funding or proposed payments.
(4) Any open or unresolved recommendations of the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security, or the Government Accountability Office, along with the projected timeline of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for implementing such recommendation, or the rationale determining not to adopt the recommendation.
(b) Updates.—The database established under subsection (a) shall be updated on a daily basis. Information for previous days shall be archived and made available on an annual basis.
(c) No Personally Identifiable Information.—The database established under subsection (a) shall not include any personally identifiable information of any individual in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(d) Non-Traditional Locations Described.—A non-traditional location described in this subsection is any of the following:
(1) Any building, grounds, or property under the jurisdiction, custody, or control of the Department of Defense.
(2) Any building, grounds, or property located on Indian lands (as such term is defined in section 502.12 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations).
(3) Any lands outside the external boundary of the continental United States.
SEC. 3. CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE IMMIGRATION DETENTION OMBUDSMAN AND THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Homeland Security may not discontinue or reduce the operation of either the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman or the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security. <all>
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