Detention Authority Clarification Act
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-01-22 — To end detention and electronic monitoring, and redirect funding to community-based wrap-around services.: cross-connection with end-detention-electronic-monitoring: Directly opposing approaches to detention authority: HR7190 seeks to end detention while the Detention Authority Clarification Act reinforces detention practices. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-01-17 — Public Safety First Act: cross-connection with public-safety-first-act: Both bills expand or clarify DHS mandatory detention authority for interior enforcement against non-citizens. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-01-29 — Laken Riley Act: cross-connection with laken-riley-act: Both expand mandatory DHS detention authority for specified categories of noncitizens; Laken Riley Act adds charge-based detention triggers that intersect with detention authority scope. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-02-10 — Laken Riley Act: cross-connection with laken-riley-act: Both expand mandatory DHS detention authority for specified noncitizen populations. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-05-20 — Detention Authority Clarification Act: S4593 (119th Congress) was read twice in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; no bill text or substantive findings yet available beyond the title signaling a clarification of immigration detention authority. (novelty: 2)