A bill to prohibit the expansion of immigration detention facilities, to improve the oversight of such facilities, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressS-2849Senate
Updated: May 15, 2018

Summary

Detention Oversight, Not Expansion Act or the DONE Act This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using federal funds to construct or expand immigration detention facilities. The bill provides for increased oversight of immigration detention facilities by the Inspector General of DHS, including through unannounced annual inspections, health and safety inspections, and audits to ensure compliance with protections against sexual abuse and violence against women. The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of DHS shall investigate civil rights and civil liberties complaints in immigration detention facilities.

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Timeline

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HR-5820: To prohibit the expansion of immigration detention facilities, to improve the oversight of such facilities, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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