I will work to require ICE to quickly and transparently report deaths in ICE custody, including certain deaths within 30 days after release.

Shri Thanedar · Michigan · Democratic

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.88 extraction confidence 86%

Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Work to require ICE death reporting standards through the No ICE Deaths in the Dark Act.. Promised outcome: ICE reports quickly and transparently on deaths in custody, including certain deaths within 30 days after release, by codifying Biden-era reporting rules.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Press release from Thanedar's congressional office announcing federal legislation introduced during his service as U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th District.

Occurrences

Yesterday, Representative Shri Thanedar and Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman introduced the No ICE Deaths in the Dark Act, comprehensive legislation that will ensure that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reports quickly and transparently on any deaths that occur in ICE custody. In a reversal from previous policy, ICE is no longer required to report certain deaths that occur within 30 days after release from custody, even when ICE detention or release conditions may have contributed to the death. This legislation would codify Biden-era reporting rules that required full reporting on these and all other deaths in ICE custody.

Thanedar introduced legislation intended to require ICE to report deaths in custody and certain post-release deaths quickly and transparently.

Representatives Shri Thanedar, Bonnie Watson Coleman Introduce Legislation to Strengthen ICE Reporting Standards | U.S. Congressman Shri Thanedar
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To require the Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to carry out notification, review, reporting, and record preservation requirements relating to covered deaths involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

Thanedar sponsored H.R. 10401, a bill to impose notification, review, reporting, and record-preservation requirements for covered deaths involving ICE custody.

H.R. 10401 (IH) - No ICE Deaths in the Dark Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr10401ih | Related Documents | GovInfo
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Evidence

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introduced the No ICE Deaths in the Dark Act

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Thanedar announced introduction of legislation aimed at ICE death-reporting transparency. This is concrete effort, not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Representatives Shri Thanedar, Bonnie Watson Coleman Introduce Legislation to Strengthen ICE Reporting Standards | U.S. Congressman Shri Thanedar
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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quickly and transparently on any deaths that occur in ICE custody

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The member’s release describes the bill as matching the promise’s transparency goal for deaths in ICE custody, including the stated post-release problem.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Representatives Shri Thanedar, Bonnie Watson Coleman Introduce Legislation to Strengthen ICE Reporting Standards | U.S. Congressman Shri Thanedar
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

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within 30 days after release from ICE custody

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text covers deaths occurring within 30 days after release from ICE custody, aligning with the specific promise component.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H. R. 10401 (Introduced-in-House)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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Bill Version Introduced in House (IH)

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo lists the measure as an introduced House bill, with referral to committee rather than enactment; the commitment remains unresolved as of the refresh date.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10401 (IH) - No ICE Deaths in the Dark Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr10401ih | Related Documents | GovInfo
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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ICE changed its policy and announced that it will stop investigating and reporting

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A multistate attorneys general letter documents that ICE moved away from post-release death investigation/reporting before Thanedar’s September bill, reinforcing that no delivered federal requirement was in place.

unresolved same_term

multistate-letter-on-ice-change-in-detainee-death-policy-letters-2026.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-14 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

Thanedar materially advanced the issue by introducing the No ICE Deaths in the Dark Act, and the introduced bill covers the promised post-release death-reporting category within 30 days after release. However, verified evidence only shows the bill as Introduced in House, while a separate verified passage indicates ICE had moved away from the reporting policy. There is no verified evidence that the federal reporting requirement was enacted or implemented as of 2026-10-14, so the outcome remains unresolved rather than delivered or partial.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%