S4590-119

In Committee

KIDS Act

119th Congress Introduced May 20, 2026

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill creates short titles This Act may be cited as the Keeping Immigrants and Destinations Safe Act or the KIDS Act, requires definitions In this Act: The term child has the meaning given such term in section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C, and provides detention of children Except as provided in section 5, the Department may not detain a child, an individual with a cognitive disability, or a primary caregiver of a child or individual with a cognitive. It relies on reporting requirements, compliance mandates, grants, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Environment, Education, Civil Rights, and Defense.

Who Benefits and How

National security and critical infrastructure stakeholders affected by the bill could gain revenue opportunities, Law enforcement, justice-system actors, and affected communities could gain revenue opportunities, and Immigrants, asylum seekers, and border communities affected by the bill could face lower compliance burdens.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause would take on compliance duties, Environmental and public health interests affected by the bill would take on compliance duties, and Water infrastructure operators and water users affected by the bill would take on compliance duties.

Key Provisions

  • Creates short titles This Act may be cited as the Keeping Immigrants and Destinations Safe Act or the KIDS Act.
  • Requires definitions In this Act: The term child has the meaning given such term in section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
  • Provides detention of children Except as provided in section 5, the Department may not detain a child, an individual with a cognitive disability, or a primary caregiver of a child or individual with a cognitive...
  • Requires remedies for violations In the event of a violation of section 4— any information obtained as a result of such enforcement action for purposes of establishing alienage or chargeability may not be— entered into...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill creates short titles This Act may be cited as the Keeping Immigrants and Destinations Safe Act or the KIDS Act, requires definitions In this Act: The term child has the meaning given such term in section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C, and provides detention of children Except as provided in section 5, the Department may not detain a child, an individual with a cognitive disability, or a primary caregiver of a child or individual with a cognitive.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Education, Civil Rights, Defense

Primary Purpose

The bill creates short titles This Act may be cited as the Keeping Immigrants and Destinations Safe Act or the KIDS Act, requires definitions In this Act: The term child has the meaning given such term in section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C, and provides detention of children Except as provided in section 5, the Department may not detain a child, an individual with a cognitive disability, or a primary caregiver of a child or individual with a cognitive.

Policy Domains

Environment Education Civil Rights Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • National security and critical infrastructure stakeholders affected by the bill
  • Law enforcement, justice-system actors, and affected communities
  • Immigrants, asylum seekers, and border communities affected by the bill
  • Environmental and public health interests affected by the bill
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Environmental and public health interests affected by the bill: ,
Law enforcement, justice-system actors, and affected communities: ,
Immigrants, asylum seekers, and border communities affected by the bill: ,
National security and critical infrastructure stakeholders affected by the bill: ,
Identified Costs
  • Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause
  • Environmental and public health interests affected by the bill
  • Water infrastructure operators and water users affected by the bill
  • Patients and health care consumers affected by the bill
  • National security and critical infrastructure stakeholders affected by the bill
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Patients and health care consumers affected by the bill:
Environmental and public health interests affected by the bill: ,
Water infrastructure operators and water users affected by the bill:
Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause: , ,
National security and critical infrastructure stakeholders affected by the bill:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 20, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

May 20, 2026

Introduced in Senate

May 20, 2026

Mr. Bennet introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Law Enforcement
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Law enforcement, justice-system actors, and affected communities

4/6
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Education Civil Rights Defense

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