Will require DHS to consult communities before new ICE detention or processing facilities are opened.

Shaheen said she is offering amendments to require DHS to consult communities before new ICE detention or processing facilities

She is proposing an amendment requiring DHS community consultation before new ICE detention or processing facilities are established.

Shaheen Offers Amendments to Republican Budget Reconciliation Bill to Require Transparency on ICE Facilities, Address Bureau of Prisons Staffing Shortages
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Shaheen said she was offering an amendment that would require DHS to consult with communities before establishing new ICE detention or processing facilities.

Latest lookback-window action shows Shaheen actively pushing the community-consultation requirement as an amendment to the Republican reconciliation bill, but not yet securing enactment.

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Shaheen Offers Amendments to Republican Budget Reconciliation Bill to Require Transparency on ICE Facilities, Address Bureau of Prisons Staffing Shortages
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The Congressional Record printed Shaheen's Respect for Local Communities Act amendment, which would require public notice, a 30-day comment period, and written approval from state and local officials before a new ICE processing site or detention center could be opened.

Official Senate record confirms Shaheen had already drafted and submitted the consultation-and-approval requirement as legislative text earlier in the term.

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE
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Mrs. Shaheen submitted an amendment to S. 1383 adding the Respect for Local Communities Act, which would block DHS from starting a new ICE processing site or detention center until public notice, comment, and written local-and-state approval conditions were met; the amendment was ordered to lie on the table.

Official Senate record shows Shaheen proposed the consultation-and-approval requirement as an amendment, but it was not enacted.

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE
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Shaheen's office said she offered amendments to the Republican reconciliation bill to require transparency on ICE facilities.

Her office was still pushing the consultation/transparency policy in June 2026, which shows continued advocacy rather than an enacted DHS requirement.

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Shaheen Offers Amendments to Republican Budget Reconciliation Bill to Require Transparency on ICE Facilities, Address Bureau of Prisons Staffing Shortages
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The reported bill would require DHS to get consent from governors and local officials and allow a 30-day public comment period before new facilities opened.

Reputable reporting confirms the promise was turned into concrete legislation, but it was described as unlikely to pass in the Republican-controlled Congress.

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New bill would restrict Trump administration's push for ICE warehouses
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