Moulton Joins as an Original Cosponsor Requiring DHS to Maintain Timely Locator System for ICE and CBP Detainees ... legislation would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to maintain a modern, accurate, and transparent online locator system for all individuals detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Require DHS to maintain a modern, accurate, and transparent online locator system for all people detained by ICE and CBP.
Occurrences
People in government custody need access to their families and lawyers, and I’ll keep pressing ICE until they finally improve the poor conditions at Burlington.
Evidence
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GovInfo bill text for H.R. 9374 lists Seth Moulton among the members introducing the bill and states that DHS would have to develop and maintain an online detainee locator system for people in CBP and ICE custody, with public access, search requirements, transfer updates, correction reporting, and penalties for noncompliance.
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The legislative tracker shows H.R. 9374 as introduced June 18, 2026, with latest action on July 7, 2026: referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement. It shows the bill has not reached the signed/enacted step.
Assessments
Moulton materially advanced a closely matching federal bill in the same House term as an original cosponsor of H.R. 9374, the Find Our Families Act of 2026. The bill would require DHS to maintain a public online detainee locator system covering ICE and CBP detainees with search, transfer-update, correction, reporting, and compliance provisions. However, the bill has only been introduced and referred to committee/subcommittee, with no enactment or binding DHS requirement as of September 2, 2026. Because Moulton remains in active federal office and the measure is still pending rather than definitively failed, the promise is unresolved, with effort credit.