Bans federal contractors from certain immigration enforcement activities like tracking people.
This bill would stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from hiring private companies to track people for civil immigration cases. It would also end current contracts and stop extra payments to private groups for finding people subject to immigration detainers. This aims to reduce the role of private contractors in locating individuals for civil immigration enforcement.
Today, the Department of Homeland Security can hire private companies to track and locate individuals for civil immigration enforcement, and can pay them bonuses for each person found. If this bill passes, the Department of Homeland Security would be blocked from signing new contracts for these activities, would have to end or change existing contracts, and could not use federal funds for per-person or bonus payments to private entities for locating individuals subject to civil immigration detainers.
HR 7161 · 119th Congress · January 20, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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