I will work to reform the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) so that local and state law enforcement are required to collect arrestees’ immigration status, national origin, and ethnicity.

Jim Banks · Indiana · Republican

policy impact 3.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 0%

Occurrences

he urged the FBI and DOJ to encourage local and state law enforcement to collect arrestees’ immigration status, national origin and ethnicity by reforming the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), in which most agencies participate. Currently, the NIBRS only includes ethnicity as an optional element, and it does not require law enforcement to collect an arrestee’s immigration status or national origin.

Jim Banks called for reforms to the national crime reporting system to require collection of immigration status, national origin, and ethnicity information by law enforcement.

Top Trump officials urged to close ‘critical gaps’ in illegal alien crime reporting: 'Growing problem' - Senator Jim Banks
primary · press_release · model gpt-4.1

Evidence

The letter calls for the FBI to ask local law enforcement to report the immigration status and national origin of arrestees in its National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). ... NIBRS does not require law enforcement to collect an arrestee’s immigration status or national origin, and only includes ethnicity as an optional element. Most states and localities participate in NIBRS, so requiring information about an arrestee’s immigration status, national origin, and ethnicity would encourage local jurisdictions to collect it.

Banks made a concrete later-term effort to change NIBRS reporting, but the office material describes it as a request to the FBI/DOJ rather than evidence that the system was actually changed.

partial later_term A for effort

Sen. Banks Urges FBI, DOJ to Crack Down on Illegal Alien Crime Stats
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

Data Element 50-Ethnicity of Arrestee ... Mandatory: Optional ... Data Values: H = Hispanic or Latino, N = Not Hispanic or Latino, U = Unknown. Data Element 51-Resident Status of Arrestee ... Mandatory: Optional ... Data Values: R = Resident, N = Nonresident, U = Unknown. The document contains no data element for immigration status or national origin.

The FBI’s current NIBRS technical specification still shows ethnicity and resident status as optional arrestee data elements and does not add a required immigration-status or national-origin field.

never unknown

2025.0 NIBRS Technical Specification
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

NIBRS captures details on each single crime incident ... including information on victims, known offenders, relationships between victims and offenders, arrestees, and property involved in crimes. NIBRS collects data for 71 offenses, plus 10 additional offenses for which only arrests are reported. The page highlights demographic details but does not identify immigration status or national origin as collected arrestee fields.

The FBI’s public NIBRS overview describes the system’s scope and demographics, but it does not show the promised immigration-status/national-origin requirement was implemented.

never unknown

National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 84%

Assessments

never later_term A for effort

Banks made a concrete federal effort after entering the Senate by urging the FBI and DOJ to change NIBRS so agencies would report arrestees' immigration status, national origin, and ethnicity. However, the evidence shows the promised outcome was not implemented: current NIBRS materials still do not include immigration status or national origin as required arrestee fields, and ethnicity remains optional. Because the promise was to reform NIBRS so collection would be required, the outcome was not delivered, but the serious official attempt merits an effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%