Establish a DHS administrative review process to decide whether cooperative noncitizens with final removal orders who are not otherwise subject to mandatory detention should remain detained or be released on conditions.

Tom Cotton · Arkansas · Republican

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish an administrative review process to determine whether an alien who is not otherwise subject to mandatory detention, who has made all reasonable efforts to comply with a removal order and to cooperate fully ... should be detained or released on conditions.

The bill would create an administrative review process for certain cooperative aliens after the removal period to determine detention or conditional release.

S. 5337 (IS) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2026 - BILLS-119s5337is | Content Details | GovInfo
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GovInfo lists S. 5337 as introduced August 6, 2026, with Tom Cotton among cosponsors. The latest action is read twice and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): No official record in the lookback window shows enactment or further movement. The relevant Cotton-backed bill remains at introduction/referral, so the promised DHS process has not been established yet.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 5337 (IS) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2026 - BILLS-119s5337is | Content Details | GovInfo
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The introduced bill says DHS shall establish an administrative review process to decide whether qualifying cooperative aliens should be detained or released on conditions.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text directly matches the commitment, but it is only proposed statutory language in an introduced bill, not an enacted law or implemented DHS process.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 5337 (IS) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2026 - Bill Text
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

Cotton cosponsored S. 5337 in the 119th Congress, and the introduced text appears to contain the promised DHS administrative review process. But the bill has only been introduced and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, with no evidence that it was enacted or that DHS implemented the process. Because Cotton remains in office and the measure is still pending in the same federal term, the promise is not delivered but also not finally failed.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%