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
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.
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.
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.
Assessments
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.