Require DHS to allow Members of Congress to conduct unannounced inspections of immigration detention facilities.

Adam Smith · Washington · Democratic

oversight impact 0.58 specificity 0.96 extraction confidence 87%

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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Section 546 bars DHS funds from being used to stop a Member of Congress or designated staff from entering DHS facilities used to detain or house aliens for oversight, and says Members cannot be required to give prior notice.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The FY2026 DHS appropriations law contains the exact congressional-access rule: Members may conduct oversight visits of DHS immigration detention facilities without advance notice. This supports the commitment as delivered in law.

delivered same_term

Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-86
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

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H.R.6397 was introduced by Rep. Jayapal for herself and Rep. Adam Smith, and Section 13 would require DHS to permit congressional oversight entry at detention facilities without prior notice for Members.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Smith took concrete legislative action in the current Congress on a broader detention bill that includes the same unannounced congressional-inspection requirement, even though the separate bill itself was not the vehicle that enacted the requirement.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.6397 - Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, 119th Congress, Introduced in House
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term

The promised outcome was enacted in federal law during Adam Smith's current House term: FY2026 DHS appropriations Section 546 prohibits DHS funds from being used to block Members of Congress from entering DHS immigration detention or housing facilities for oversight and states that Members cannot be required to provide prior notice. Smith also co-sponsored H.R.6397, which contained substantially the same unannounced congressional oversight access requirement, supporting candidate credit even though the appropriations law was the enacted vehicle.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%