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No Illegal Captivity and Extensions Act of 2026
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate immigration detainers.
Summary
This bill would eliminate immigration detainers, which are requests from federal immigration authorities to local law enforcement agencies to hold individuals for potential immigration proceedings. Under current law, immigration authorities can ask local police departments to hold people beyond the time they would normally be released so that immigration agents can take them into custody. The bill would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from issuing or enforcing such detainers. It would also prevent the Department of Homeland Security from requiring state and local law enforcement agencies to enforce detainers as a condition of working with the federal government.
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Sponsor (1)
3 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 (2)
- May 11, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- May 11, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 11, 2026
Mr. Frost (for himself, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Ansari, and Mr. Bell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate immigration detainers.
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 “No Illegal Captivity and Extensions Act of 2026” or as the “NICE Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF IMMIGRATION DETAINERS.
(a) Apprehension and Detention of Aliens.—Section 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
(b) Detainer of Aliens for Violation of Controlled Substances Laws.—Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) is amended by striking subsection (d).
(c) Intergovernmental Service Agreements.—Section 103(a)(11)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1103(a)(11)(B)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, except that the Secretary may not impose, as a condition of any such agreement, that any other party enforce a detainer or hold issued by the Secretary”.
(d) General Prohibition.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security may not issue or enforce any detainer or hold under the immigration laws, including through the use of an intergovernmental service agreement, basic ordering agreement, or any other written or informal instrument of understanding with any Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency. <all>
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