In committee
Find Our Families Act of 2026
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to maintain a multilingual, public online tool to help families locate adults detained by immigration authorities within eight hours of an arrest or transfer. The measure also mandates that officials notify family members within five hours if a detainee is moved for medical treatment and grants families the right to visit them. Additionally, immigration agencies must publicly report arrest data and provide quarterly reports to Congress detailing the costs, personnel, and arrests associated with enforcement operations.
People affected—not determinable from the text provided (the text covers all adult individuals detained or arrested by CBP or ICE, their families, legal representatives, and DHS personnel, but specifies no quantitative figures)
Fiscal magnitude—no CBO estimate published
Reach55provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Ethics & oversight+45Enforcement & security+50
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Families and legal representatives of ICE and CBP detaineesGain access to a searchable, multilingual online locator system, receive prompt notifications within 5 hours if a detainee is transferred for medical care, and obtain guaranteed visitation rights during medical care unless refused by the detainee.
- Individuals detained by CBP or ICEAdult detainees benefit from public tracking of their location and custody status, protected visitation rights during medical transfers, and prompt notification of their families and attorneys; minors under 18 have their identifying data protected from public disclosure.
Who it burdens
- Department of Homeland Security (including CBP and ICE)Must build, maintain, and update a multilingual public detainee locator system within 8 hours of detention or transfer, resolve data error reports within one week, provide medical transfer notices within 5 hours, publish detailed CBP arrest data, and submit quarterly reports to Congress on enforcement operations.
- CBP and ICE employeesSubject to internal investigations, pay reductions, furloughs, suspensions up to 30 days, and referral to the DHS Inspector General if they fail to comply with detainee locator system requirements.
- Contracted detention facilities and contractorsFace a prohibition on contract renewals with DHS if they fail to provide timely or accurate data for the online detainee locator system.