Will require immigration enforcement officers to complete Tribal ID training annually and whenever reassigned to a new region.

Teresa Leger Fernandez · New Mexico · Democratic

policy impact 3.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 95%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Evidence

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GovInfo lists H.R. 8742 as introduced in the House on May 12, 2026 and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with Teresa Leger Fernandez listed as a cosponsor. The bill text requires DHS training curricula on tribal documents and says officers must complete the training at least annually and each time assigned to a new region.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill record shows Leger Fernandez took concrete legislative action matching the promise language, but the bill was only introduced and referred to committee, not enacted into law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 8742 (IH) - Respect Tribal IDs Act - Content Details
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Leger Fernandez's office announced she joined the bipartisan Respect Tribal IDs Act, which would require DHS, BIA, and Tribal Nations to develop standardized training for immigration enforcement personnel, including regional reference materials. The release states officers would be required to complete the training annually and whenever reassigned to a new region.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official member statement confirms the commitment was pursued through a bipartisan bill and describes the annual and reassignment training requirement, but it describes a proposal rather than an implemented requirement.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Leger Fernández, Luján, Davids, Bacon Lead Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Wrongful Detention of Native Americans During ICE Enforcement | Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández
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The promised requirement has not been implemented as law or binding policy. Leger Fernandez materially advanced the exact proposal in the current federal term by cosponsoring H.R. 8742, the Respect Tribal IDs Act, which includes annual Tribal ID training and reassignment-based regional training for immigration enforcement personnel. As of the available current record, the bill remains introduced/referred rather than enacted, and she is still in office, so the outcome is pending rather than finally failed.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%