Drain ICE Act of 2026
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill is a targeted budget rollback. It states findings criticizing mass-deportation policy, ICE detention conditions, private detention incentives, and diversion of DHS resources, then repeals sections 90003 and 100052 of Public Law 119-21 and rescinds the unobligated balances appropriated by those sections. The practical effect is to remove still-unspent funding tied to those immigration-enforcement and detention provisions rather than creating a new detention standard.
Who Benefits and How
Federal taxpayers benefit from rescission of unobligated balances. Immigrants in ICE custody, civil-rights advocates, and organizations monitoring detention conditions benefit if the repeal reduces resources available for expanded detention or mass-deportation operations criticized in the findings.
Who Bears the Burden and How
ICE detention operations, DHS immigration-enforcement programs, and private detention facility operators bear the burden because unobligated funding streams are repealed or rescinded. DHS budget staff must identify and remove remaining balances from the covered Public Law 119-21 accounts.
Key Provisions
- Repeals Public Law 119-21 sections 90003 and 100052, which the bill links to expanded immigration enforcement and detention activity.
- Rescinds unobligated balances appropriated by those two sections of Public Law 119-21.
- States findings on ICE detention conditions, private detention incentives, DHS mission diversion, and mass-deportation policy effects.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Repeals and rescinds unobligated funding from Public Law 119-21 sections 90003 and 100052, targeting recently expanded immigration-enforcement and detention spending.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Federal Budget, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
Repeals and rescinds unobligated funding from Public Law 119-21 sections 90003 and 100052, targeting recently expanded immigration-enforcement and detention spending.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Federal taxpayers
- Immigrants in ICE custody
- Civil rights organizations
Identified Costs
- ICE detention operations
- DHS immigration enforcement programs
- Private detention facility operators
- DHS budget staff
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Ms. Ansari (for herself, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brown, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "DHS"
- → Department of Homeland Security
- "ICE"
- → U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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