Orlin's Law would promote family unity and preserve parental rights by establishing a rule that prevents ICE from detaining parents and primary caregivers unless it can show, through clear and convincing evidence, that an individual poses a specific risk to public safety that cannot be mitigated through placement in a supervised release program. For any parent not released, the bill establishes an Office of Detained Parent Coordination to ensure that detained parents' rights are respected and requires ICE to give parents every opportunity to make custody decisions for their child and to facilitate their participation in proceedings involving their child. It would also prevent ICE from deporting parents without their child, should they wish to take their child with them. Jayapal is joined in introducing Orlin's Law by Representatives ... Dan Goldman (NY-10) ...
Dan Goldman will pursue Orlin's Law to protect children of immigrants and keep immigrant families together by limiting ICE detention of parents and primary caregivers, preserving detained parents' custody rights, and preventing ICE from deporting parents without their child when they wish to remain together.
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Evidence
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GovInfo lists H.R. 9745, Orlin's Law, as introduced in the House on July 16, 2026, with Daniel S. Goldman of New York among the cosponsors; the action was referral to the House Judiciary Committee.
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Rep. Jayapal's official release says Orlin's Law would limit ICE detention of parents and primary caregivers, preserve detained parents' rights and custody participation, prevent deporting parents without their child when they wish to remain together, and names Dan Goldman as joining the introduction.
Assessments
Goldman materially pursued the promise in his federal role by joining the July 16, 2026 introduction of H.R. 9745, Orlin's Law, as an original cosponsor. The bill's stated provisions match the promised protections for immigrant families, parents, primary caregivers, custody rights, and preventing family separation through deportation. However, the official record shows introduction and referral to the House Judiciary Committee, not passage or enactment, so the promised protections were not fully delivered.