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To require notice to be provided in the case of a transfer of an immigration detainee to a new facility.
Summary
The INFORM Act of 2025 requires notification to the immediate family of immigration detainees when they are transferred to a different facility. The notification must be provided within 24 hours of the transfer and must include the reason for the transfer and the name, address, phone number, and contact information for the new facility. Immediate family is defined broadly to include parents, siblings, children, spouses, and their step-, foster, and common law equivalents. The law applies to individuals detained by the Department of Homeland Security under immigration law at any detention center or facility used for housing such detainees.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29] (D-CA)
33 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA)
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA)
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA)
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA)
- Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3] (D-OR)
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI)
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL)
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL)
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY)
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA)
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL)
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY)
- Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (D-CA)
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA)
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI)
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA)
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47] (D-CA)
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA)
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR)
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL)
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL)
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA)
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA)
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI)
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Luz M. Rivas’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $33,100
- ACTUM LLC $8,350
- PARKIA INC $6,600
- PARKIA INC. $6,600
- LAUREL CANYON HOLDINGS LLC $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Luz M. Rivas → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Sep 3, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3826)
- Aug 29, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Aug 29, 2025 Introduced in House
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Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 29, 2025
Ms. Rivas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To require notice to be provided in the case of a transfer of an immigration detainee to a new facility.
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 “Immigration Notification for Facility Oversight and Relocation Management Act of 2025” or as the “INFORM Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. IN GENERAL.
In the case of any individual detained by the Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant to the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act) at a facility, notice must be provided to the immediate family of that individual not later than 24 hours after that individual is transferred to a different facility. The notification shall include—
(1) the reason for transfer; and
(2) the name, address, phone number, and a point of contact for the new facility.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) The term “immediate family” includes each—
(A) parent;
(B) sibling;
(C) child; and
(D) spouse. For purposes of this paragraph, the term includes any step- parent, step-child, or step-sibling, any foster parent or child, and any common law marriage, civil union, or domestic partnership recognized under law.
(2) The term “facility” includes any detention center or real property temporarily used for purposes of housing individuals detained under the immigration laws. <all>
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