INFORM Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The INFORM Act of 2025 creates a family-notification rule for immigration detention transfers. When DHS detains an individual under immigration laws and transfers that individual to a different facility, notice must be provided to the detainee's immediate family within 24 hours. The notice must include the reason for the transfer and the name, address, phone number, and point of contact for the new facility. The bill is aimed at reducing family confusion, attorney tracking problems, and loss of contact when detainees are moved between detention facilities.
Who Benefits and How
Families of immigration detainees benefit because they must receive transfer information within 24 hours. Immigration detainees benefit because family members can locate the new facility and understand the reason for transfer. Immigration legal service providers benefit indirectly when families can identify the new facility and contact point. Consular or community support organizations benefit from better information about detainee location changes.
Who Bears the Burden and How
DHS detention staff must collect immediate family contacts and send transfer notices within 24 hours. ICE facility administrators must provide reasons for transfer and accurate new facility contact information. Detention contractors may need to update intake, transfer, and family-notification workflows. Federal taxpayers bear the cost of implementing transfer-notification systems.
Key Provisions
- Requires notice to immediate family within 24 hours after an immigration detainee is transferred.
- Requires the notice to state the reason for transfer.
- Requires the new facility's name, address, phone number, and point of contact.
- Applies to DHS detention under immigration laws.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires DHS to notify an immigration detainee's immediate family within 24 hours after a facility transfer and provide the reason and new facility contact information.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Detention, Family Notification
Primary Purpose
Requires DHS to notify an immigration detainee's immediate family within 24 hours after a facility transfer and provide the reason and new facility contact information.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Families of immigration detainees
- Immigration detainees
- Immigration legal service providers
- Community support organizations
Identified Costs
- DHS detention staff
- ICE facility administrators
- Detention contractors
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeSponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3826)
Ms. Rivas introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Families of immigration detainees, Immigration detainees
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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