HR3473-119

What This Bill Does

The Humane Accountability Act imposes fast reporting duties on immigration detention agencies. Within 30 days, DHS must report to Congress on CBP and ICE encounters since January 21, 2025, that resulted in detention of a noncitizen, including names, nationalities, and legal or other authority for detention; encounters at sensitive or protected locations such as schools, places of worship, hospitals, child care centers, courthouses, and locations where minor children may be present; total removals, including names, nationalities, alien numbers, authority, and destination countries; and noncitizens removed to the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador or to Guantanamo Bay, including those without final removal orders. Within 60 days, DHS and HHS must jointly report to Congress and GAO regarding detainees in CBP, ICE, or Office of Refugee Resettlement custody, including assaults or abuse requiring medical attention, sexual-assault reports and investigation findings, and other custody-condition information. The bill turns immigration detention and removal data into a named, case-level congressional oversight record.

Who Benefits and How

Congressional oversight committees benefit from named, case-level data on detentions, removals, sensitive-location encounters, and transfers. GAO benefits from a mandated report on detainee custody conditions across CBP, ICE, and ORR. Immigration detainees benefit if disclosure of abuse, sexual assault, medical incidents, and transfer practices increases accountability. Civil-rights and immigrant-advocacy organizations benefit from stronger oversight hooks for detention and removal practices.

Who Bears the Burden and How

DHS staff must compile rapid reports on CBP and ICE encounters, legal authorities, removals, destination countries, and transfers. HHS and ORR staff must report custody-condition information for detainees in ORR custody. CBP and ICE must provide sensitive-location, detention, removal, CECOT, and Guantanamo Bay data. The executive branch faces increased congressional scrutiny of immigration enforcement actions since January 21, 2025.

Key Provisions

• Requires a 30-day DHS report on CBP and ICE detention encounters since January 21, 2025.
• Requires reporting on encounters at schools, places of worship, hospitals, child care centers, courthouses, and other protected locations.
• Requires reporting on removals, legal authority, destination countries, and transfers to CECOT or Guantanamo Bay.
• Requires a 60-day DHS-HHS report to Congress and GAO on detainee custody conditions, assaults, sexual assaults, and related investigations.