U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison (MN-03) is cosponsoring the Ban Warehouse Detention Act, which would ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from converting industrial warehouses into immigration detention centers.
Ban ICE from establishing, operating, expanding, converting, or renovating warehouse detention facilities.
Occurrences
Representative Morrison is cosponsoring the Ban Warehouse Detention Act, which would prohibit DHS and ICE from establishing, operating, expanding, converting, or renovating warehouses or similar structures for detaining people.
Evidence
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Rep. Kelly Morrison’s office announced that she cosponsored a bill to prohibit DHS, including ICE, from "establishing, operating, expanding, converting, or renovating" warehouse or similar structures for detention. The office framed the move as opposition to ICE warehouse detention facilities, but the announcement was a cosponsorship rather than a completed legislative or executive ban.
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GovInfo records H.R. 8494 as introduced in the House on April 23, 2026, with Kelly Morrison listed among the cosponsors. The bill text would prohibit DHS from entering into or renewing contracts to establish or operate new immigration detention models, including warehouses.
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The Congressional Record shows Rep. Morrison speaking on the House floor about the Ban Warehouse Detention Act and opposing industrial ICE detention centers, confirming ongoing legislative advocacy within the lookback window.
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Rep. Kelly Morrison’s office announced that she cosponsored a bill to prohibit DHS, including ICE, from "establishing, operating, expanding, converting, or renovating" warehouse or similar structures for detention. The announcement reflects support for the exact ban concept, but it is a cosponsorship rather than proof that the ban was enacted.
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GovInfo records H.R. 8494 as introduced in the House with text that would prohibit DHS from contracting for new immigration detention models, including warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers. The record shows introduction and sponsorship activity, not enactment.
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GovInfo’s Congressional Record Index lists the BAN WAREHOUSE DETENTION ACT and ties it to H.R. 8494, confirming the measure’s formal congressional presence during the lookback period.
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Morrison’s official votes-and-legislation page tracks her sponsored and cosponsored legislation, providing a current office record consistent with her ongoing work on H.R. 8494 and related ICE detention oversight, but it does not show that the warehouse-detention ban has been enacted.
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A June 13 report on the newly signed DHS/ICE funding law says it allocates $38 billion to ICE and omits Democrat-sought detention reforms. That is indirect evidence that no warehouse-detention ban was enacted in this window.
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GAO reported that ICE had expanded detention capacity, that Camp East Montana opened in August 2025 and was ICE's largest detention facility as of April 2026, and that ICE planned to continue 2026 expansion through a $38 billion acquisition approach partly to convert warehouses into detention facilities.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 8494 as an Introduced in House bill with Kelly Morrison among the cosponsors. The bill would prohibit DHS from contracting to establish or operate new immigration detention models, including warehouses, but the record shows introduction and committee referral rather than enactment.
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Bills and resolutions Enact (see H.R. 8494), H3091 [23AP] Remarks in House Enact (H.R. 8494), H3326 [30AP]
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Ms. Morrison, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Salinas
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This Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Aug. 20, 2026 | ORDER granting 27 Joint Stipulated Motion to Stay Proceeding for SIXTY DAYS.
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The award record was posted to SAM.gov, the federal contracting database.
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ICE's detention and removals office signed the order Aug. 27.
Assessments
The promised federal ban was not delivered. The Ban Warehouse Detention Act/H.R. 8494 closely matched the promise and Morrison cosponsored and advocated for it during her House term, but available official records show it was only introduced and referred to committees, not enacted. Evidence also indicates ICE warehouse-related detention expansion continued afterward, so the outcome itself remained unfulfilled. Because Morrison made a concrete legislative attempt toward the promised ban, the effort badge is warranted.
Morrison materially pursued the promise in her current federal term by cosponsoring H.R. 8494, the Ban Warehouse Detention Act, and publicly advocating for it. But the evidence shows the bill was introduced and promoted only; there is no evidence it was enacted or that ICE was otherwise legally barred from establishing or operating warehouse detention facilities. Under the scoring rule, a serious same-term legislative attempt that did not achieve the promised outcome counts as failed delivery with effort credit, not partial delivery.
Kelly Morrison materially advanced the policy by cosponsoring H.R. 8494 and speaking against warehouse ICE detention facilities, but the record shows only introduction, cosponsorship, and advocacy. There is no evidence the ban was enacted by Congress or imposed by executive action, so the promised outcome was not delivered.
The evidence shows Morrison materially acted on the promise by cosponsoring and advocating for H.R. 8494, the Ban Warehouse Detention Act, which closely matches the pledged policy to bar ICE/DHS from establishing or operating warehouse-style detention facilities. However, all cited records indicate the bill was introduced and promoted, not enacted, and there is no evidence of an executive or statutory ban taking effect. Under the rule for serious legislative attempts that fail to achieve the promised outcome, this is best scored as never with an effort badge.
Morrison cosponsored H.R. 8494, the Ban Warehouse Detention Act, and advocated for it on the House floor during her current federal term. The bill directly matches the promised ban on ICE/DHS warehouse-style detention facilities, so she made a concrete same-term legislative effort. However, the evidence shows introduction, cosponsorship, and advocacy only; it does not show enactment or an executive policy that actually banned the facilities. Because the promised outcome has not been delivered, this merits partial credit for material advancement, not full delivery.
Morrison made a concrete same-term legislative effort by cosponsoring the Ban Warehouse Detention Act, which directly matches the promise language by seeking to prohibit DHS/ICE from establishing, operating, expanding, converting, or renovating warehouse detention facilities. However, the available record shows introduction/cosponsorship only, not enactment or an executive ban, so the promised ban has not been delivered.