Prohibit DHS and ICE from establishing, operating, expanding, converting, or renovating warehouses for immigration detention and prevent new immigrant detention models.

Rashida Tlaib · Michigan · Democratic

policy impact 0.84 specificity 0.95 extraction confidence 98%

Occurrences

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) introduced the Ban Warehouse Detention Act, which would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), from establishing, operating, expanding, converting, or renovating any warehouse or similar building or structure for the purposes of detaining people. The bill would also prevent the administration from establishing any new immigrant detention models.

Tlaib introduced legislation to bar warehouse detention facilities and block new immigrant detention models.

Tlaib Introduces Bill to Stop ICE’s Warehouse Detention Prisons
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Evidence

Tlaib said she introduced the Ban Warehouse Detention Act, which would bar DHS and ICE from establishing, operating, expanding, converting, or renovating warehouses or similar structures for detention and would block new immigrant detention models.

Official member-office announcement confirms the policy goal and that Tlaib took concrete legislative action in the lookback window by introducing the bill.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Tlaib Introduces Bill to Stop ICE’s Warehouse Detention Prisons
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GovInfo’s bill record shows H.R. 8494 was introduced in the House on April 23, 2026 and referred to the Judiciary Committee and Homeland Security Committee. The full title matches the warehouse detention and new detention-model ban.

Official bill text proves the proposal was formally introduced, but the record shows only referral, not enactment or committee approval.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 8494 (IH) - To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 99%

The Congressional Record Index entry for the Ban Warehouse Detention Act lists H.R. 8494 in the 119th Congress, 2nd Session, with a May 20, 2026 context update, indicating the bill remained in the record without a later enactment milestone in the lookback window.

The latest official index reference shows the bill still tracked as an introduced measure, with no evidence of passage, committee approval, or executive action during the lookback period.

unresolved same_term

CRI2026 - BAN WAREHOUSE DETENTION ACT - Document in Context
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Tlaib made a concrete same-term legislative attempt by introducing H.R. 8494, the Ban Warehouse Detention Act, on April 23, 2026. The bill directly matches the promise by seeking to prohibit DHS from contracts or agreements establishing or operating new immigration detention models, including warehouses and related structures. However, the available official record only shows introduction and referral to House committees, with no enactment, passage, committee approval, or executive implementation by the May 2026 lookback point. Because the promised prohibition has not taken legal effect, the outcome was not delivered, but the serious legislative attempt warrants an effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%