To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from entering into, modifying, extending, or renewing, any contract or intergovernmental service agreement to establish or operate any new immigration detention model, including the use of warehouses, modular facilities, soft-sided structures, tent systems, and processing centers.

Key Provisions

• Blocks the Department of Homeland Security from creating or carrying out any new immigration detention models.
• Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from using warehouses, industrial facilities, tents, or similar buildings for housing or processing individuals under civil immigration authority.
• Bans the use of any existing funds for new or expanded immigration detention facilities, whether run by ICE directly or by contractors. Congress notes DHS plans to spend about $38.3 billion — roughly $116 for every American — on these projects.
• Prevents existing funds from being moved or reassigned to operate or build new immigration detention facilities.
• Transfers money already set aside for new immigration detention models to affordable health care and housing services.