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Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] · D–NY
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-08-13 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Families Deserve to Know Act would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to notify emergency contacts when someone in its custody dies, becomes seriously ill, or is seriously injured. It would also cover certain deaths within 30 days after release. The bill would set notification deadlines, protect contact information, require public reporting, and allow affected people and families to sue for violations. These are proposed requirements, not evidence of enacted law.
This Act may be cited as the Families Deserve to Know Act.
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement policies and procedures for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to notify the next-of-kin or other emergency contact in the event of a covered death, or the serious illness or serious injury of an individual in custody
within 30 days after the individual’s release from the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement knows or reasonably should know of the death.
Information collected under this Act by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any agent or contractor acting on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, may not be disclosed or used for any purpose except as provided in this Act.
Not later than 2 business days after a covered death, the Secretary shall publish on a publicly available website of the Department of Homeland Security a release identifying the facility involved and the known circumstances of the death.
Any individual in custody aggrieved by a violation of this Act, or the emergency contact, next-of-kin, or personal representative of the estate of such an individual, may bring a civil action for any violation of this Act
The bill would cover deaths in ICE custody and deaths within 30 days after release that ICE knows or reasonably should know about. Custody would include transportation and hospital treatment following transfer from ICE custody, through the end of that treatment episode even if ICE formally releases the person during treatment.
The term covered death means the death of any individual that occurs— (A) while the individual is in custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; or (B) within 30 days after the individual’s release from the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement knows or reasonably should know of the death.
The term in custody means, with respect to an individual, that the individual is— (A) detained at a covered facility; (B) being transported by or on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; or (C) receiving medical treatment at a hospital or other medical facility to which the individual was transported from a covered facility or from the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, through the conclusion of the episode of treatment, notwithstanding any release from custody effected during such treatment.
Serious illness or injury would include conditions requiring hospitalization or emergency surgery, intensive care admission, specified medical emergencies, inability to consent to treatment or communicate because of unconsciousness or incapacity, terminal illness, and conditions a licensed physician finds pose a substantial risk of death or permanent impairment.
The term serious illness or serious injury means a medical event, episode, condition, or injury with respect to which, at minimum— (A) without immediate treatment, death is imminent; (B) admission to a hospital is required; (C) emergency surgery is required; (D) admission to an intensive care unit occurs; (E) the individual suffers cardiac arrest, stroke, respiratory failure, or serious trauma; (F) the individual is unconscious or incapacitated such that the individual is incapable of providing consent for medical treatment or of communicating; (G) the individual has been diagnosed with a terminal illness; or (H) a licensed physician determines the condition presents a substantial risk of death or permanent impairment.
Within 180 days after enactment, the Secretary of Homeland Security would have to implement ICE emergency notification policies and procedures meeting the bill's requirements.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement policies and procedures for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to notify the next-of-kin or other emergency contact in the event of a covered death, or the serious illness or serious injury of an individual in custody, consistent with the requirements of this section.
When taking custody, ICE would have to ask for emergency contacts authorized to receive the person's body, the preferred notification order, any requested faith leader's participation and denomination, and existing medical decision-making arrangements or treatment instructions. Taking custody would include control before booking, transfers, and temporary holding.
At the time of taking custody, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall ask the individual— (A) for the name, last known address, telephone number, and email of any person or persons who shall be notified in the event of the individual’s death or serious illness or serious injury, and who are authorized to receive the individual’s body; (B) the order in which the individual prefers such emergency contacts to be notified; (C) whether the individual would like a faith leader to participate in the notification process and, if so, of what denomination; and (D) whether the individual has in place a medical proxy decision maker or medical power of attorney, advance directive, or do not resuscitate order.
The term taking custody means the point at which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement takes custody or control of an individual, including during or prior to booking or intake screening, in transfer from another institution or agency, or as a holdover.
People could update their emergency contacts at any time, and ICE would have to offer a review at least every 90 days. Requests, forms, and disclosures would need to be understandable to the person, with interpretation when necessary. ICE would use a standard form, explain permitted uses of the information, and keep the form in the person's custody file.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall permit an individual in custody to modify the individual’s emergency contact information at any time and shall affirmatively offer each individual an opportunity to review and update such information not less frequently than every 90 days.
The request, form, and any disclosure required under this subsection shall be provided in a language the individual understands, with interpretation services provided as necessary.
(A) a standardized template form for recording the information described in paragraph (1); (B) a requirement that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement provide the individual information about the purpose and permissible uses of the information, including the limitations under subsection (f); and (C) a requirement that the completed form be included in the individual’s custodial record.
For a covered death, the stated deadline would be 12 hours after death is declared or ICE learns of the death, whichever is earlier. Notification would also have to occur between 6 a.m. and midnight in the recipient's local time, subject to the bill's separate notification exceptions.
In the event of a covered death, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall notify the individual’s emergency contact not later than 12 hours after the declaration of death or after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement learns of the death, whichever is earlier, and between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and midnight in the local time of the person notified.
A notification required by this section may be delayed only if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines, in writing, that immediate notification would present a specific and articulable threat to public safety, would materially interfere with an active criminal investigation, or would place the individual at substantial risk of serious harm.
Standards to ensure that notification does not occur where the individual, while able to communicate, is advised of the right to notification and instructs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement not to provide it
For serious illness or injury, ICE would have to notify contacts as soon as practicable: within 12 hours after hospitalization, emergency surgery, intensive care admission, or incapacity preventing communication, and within 24 hours for other qualifying events. Notification would precede procedures when practical without delaying treatment, and occur no later than medical discharge or clearance. The death-notification restriction on nighttime calls would not apply.
In the event of a serious illness or serious injury suffered by an individual in custody, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall notify the individual’s emergency contact as soon as practicable after the serious illness or serious injury occurs, and in any event not later than 12 hours after the individual is admitted to a hospital, undergoes emergency surgery, is admitted to an intensive care unit, or becomes incapacitated and unable to communicate, and not later than 24 hours after any other serious illness or serious injury. The notification shall occur prior to any required medical procedure, where practical and if such timeframe will not delay treatment, and in any event not later than any medical discharge or clearance. The time-of-day limitation in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a notification under this subparagraph.
ICE would have to coordinate with the appropriate consulate when treaties or agreements require it, without delaying notification. It would also have to notify the person's attorney of record in any pending immigration or federal court proceeding within the same applicable deadline.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall coordinate with the appropriate consulate as required by any treaty or agreement, except that consular coordination shall not delay any notification required by this paragraph.
In the event of a covered death or a serious illness or serious injury suffered by an individual in custody, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall notify any counsel of record for the individual in any pending immigration proceeding or Federal court proceeding within the same timeframe applicable under this paragraph.
Death notices would have to explain the circumstances, official time, known cause, any investigation and its reason, relevant facilities, handling of remains and property, and an ICE contact. If the cause is initially unknown, ICE would have to update everyone notified within 24 hours after it is determined.
Each notification required to be made under paragraph (1) related to a covered death shall include— (A) all pertinent circumstances surrounding the death, including the official time of death; (B) the cause of death (if determined); (C) whether the death is under investigation and the reason for opening an investigation; (D) the facility at which the individual was held and the hospital, if any, to which the individual was transported; information concerning the disposition of the individual’s remains and property; and (E) a point of contact at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. If the cause of death has not been determined at the time of notification, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall follow up with each person notified not later than 24 hours after such a determination.
Illness and injury notices would have to explain the event, the person's ability to communicate, procedures or lifesaving measures performed or planned, the treating facility and provider, an ICE official's contact information, and how to communicate with the person when medically appropriate.
Each notification required to be made under paragraph (1) related to a serious illness or serious injury suffered by an individual in custody shall include— (A) the cause and nature of the event; (B) whether the individual is incapacitated, unconscious, or unable to speak; (C) whether any medical procedures or lifesaving measures were or will be performed; (D) the name and location of the facility and provider providing treatment; (E) contact information for the responsible official of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and (F) information regarding procedures for communicating with the individual, when medically appropriate.
Notification standards would require understandable language, privacy, and trained staff when practicable. They would specify what cannot be left in voicemail and require an offer of an in-person or video meeting when a death notice is delivered during a live phone call. A person able to communicate could decline notification after being advised of the right, or choose to notify contacts personally within the applicable deadline.
Standards for providing notification in a compassionate and professional manner, in a language the recipient understands, including— (A) a description of what information cannot be included in a voicemail; (B) an offer for an in-person or virtual face-to-face meeting in the event a death notification is provided during a live telephone conversation; and (C) a requirement that notifications be provided in a private setting and, when practicable, by a person trained in notification best practices.
Standards to ensure that notification does not occur where the individual, while able to communicate, is advised of the right to notification and instructs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement not to provide it, or requests the opportunity to provide such notification personally, in which case U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall provide the individual an opportunity to deliver such notification within the applicable time period.
For covered deaths, standards would require returning belongings and remains to the emergency contact if desired, allowing at least seven days for a decision about their disposition, and helping return remains to the home country when the family requests it. ICE would also follow up on later investigation results and record unclaimed bodies or property and rejected claims.
Standards for handling the belongings and remains of an individual whose death is a covered death, including— (A) returning the belongings and remains, if desired, to the emergency contact and providing at least 7 days for a decision as to disposition; (B) assistance, in coordination with the appropriate consulate, in the repatriation of remains where requested by the family; (C) follow-up with the emergency contact regarding the outcome of any review or investigation not available at the time of initial notification; and (D) documentation within the custodial record of any unclaimed or rejected claim for the body or property.
Emergency contacts would have to be informed within 12 hours after a decision to perform an autopsy following a covered death. The notice would explain why and how to obtain the report; the completed report and results would have to be made available.
Requirements that, in the event an autopsy is performed following a covered death, the emergency contact be informed not later than 12 hours after any determination that an autopsy will be performed, including the reason for the autopsy and the procedures for obtaining the report, and that a copy of the autopsy report and results be made available to the emergency contact upon completion.
ICE would have to record each notification attempt as it occurs, including staff, recipients, timing, method, acknowledgments, and reasons for failure or delay. After a missed deadline, diligent attempts would have to continue at least every 24 hours using all reasonably available information sources.
Requirements that each notification attempt be contemporaneously documented and maintained within the custodial record, including— (A) the staff name and contact information of each person responsible for the notification; (B) the date, time, and method of each successful and unsuccessful attempt; (C) the name and contact information of each person to whom an attempt was made; (D) any acknowledgment received; and (E) the reason for any failed attempt or delay. If a required notification cannot be completed within the applicable period, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall continue diligent efforts not less frequently than every 24 hours, using all reasonably available sources of information, including the individual’s custodial record, the appropriate consulate, and any counsel of record.
ICE would have to implement arrangements naming someone to make medical decisions, advance treatment instructions, and orders against resuscitation. It would also have to enable meaningful contact with medical staff and visits, including in-person visits when practicable, and answer visitation requests in writing within 48 hours. Outside hospitals would receive emergency contact information and could follow their own rules for communicating with next-of-kin.
Standards to ensure that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— (A) implements medical proxy, medical power of attorney, advance directive, and do not resuscitate orders; (B) provides meaningful opportunity for communication between the emergency contact and the medical staff caring for the individual; (C) ensures emergency contacts are given a meaningful opportunity to visit a seriously ill or seriously injured individual, with in-person visitation when practicable and a written response to any visitation request within 48 hours; and (D) provides the individual’s emergency contact information to an outside hospital and allows the hospital to follow its established bylaws concerning communication with next-of-kin.
The ICE Director would have to develop a written notification plan published on the Department of Homeland Security's website in English, Spanish, and other languages most commonly spoken by people in ICE custody. Intake materials and handbooks would also have to make the plan accessible.
The policies and procedures described in subsection (a) shall require the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to develop a written notification plan conforming to this section, published on the website of the Department of Homeland Security in English, Spanish, and the other languages most commonly spoken by individuals in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and made accessible to individuals in custody through inclusion in intake information, handbooks, and other materials distributed upon taking custody.
The Secretary could delay notification only through a written finding of a specific public safety threat, material interference with an active criminal investigation, or substantial risk of serious harm to the person. Delays would require review every 24 hours and documentation in the custody file. A delay beyond 72 hours would require the Secretary's personal written approval.
A notification required by this section may be delayed only if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines, in writing, that immediate notification would present a specific and articulable threat to public safety, would materially interfere with an active criminal investigation, or would place the individual at substantial risk of serious harm. Any delay under this subsection shall be reviewed every 24 hours, shall be documented in the custodial record, and shall not exceed 72 hours unless personally approved in writing by the Secretary.
Information collected under the bill could be used or disclosed only as the bill permits. Providing emergency contact information would be voluntary: ICE could neither coerce nor persuade someone to provide it, and could not impose a penalty, fine, or fee for refusal or information later found inaccurate.
Information collected under this Act by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any agent or contractor acting on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, may not be disclosed or used for any purpose except as provided in this Act.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require an individual in custody to provide emergency contact information. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may not attempt to coerce or persuade the individual to provide such information, and may not impose any penalty, fine, or fee on the individual for declining to provide such information or for providing information later determined to be inaccurate.
Information disclosed or used in violation of the bill could not be admitted in courts or immigration proceedings for any purpose, unless it was discovered independently.
No information disclosed or used in violation of this Act may be admitted into any State, Federal, or other court, or into any immigration proceeding, as evidence or for any other purpose, except in the case of information that has been discovered through independent means.
Coverage would extend to all covered detention facilities regardless of ownership or operator. Within 180 days after enactment, every operating contract, subcontract, and intergovernmental service agreement would have to make compliance a material requirement and require immediate reporting to ICE of deaths, serious illnesses, and serious injuries. Two or more compliance failures at the same facility in any 12 months would require termination of the agreement and a three-year ban on the contractor operating covered facilities under contracts or agreements.
This Act applies with respect to every covered facility without regard to the ownership or operation of the facility.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that every contract, subcontract, and intergovernmental service agreement for the operation of a covered facility requires compliance with this Act as a material term, requires immediate reporting to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of any death or a serious illness or serious injury suffered by an individual in custody, and provides that failure to comply— (A) shall result in the civil penalties described in paragraph (3); and (B) in the case of 2 or more such failures at the same covered facility during any 12-month period, shall result in termination of the contract, subcontract, or agreement, and debarment of the contractor from any contract or agreement for the operation of a covered facility for a period of 3 years.
Contractors, including subcontractors, would face a $100,000 civil penalty for each day a required notification remains unmade. The Secretary could not waive, reduce, or reimburse that penalty.
A contractor (including any subcontractor thereof) that violates this Act, shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $100,000 for each day a notification required by this Act remains unmade.
The Secretary may not waive, reduce, or reimburse a contractor for any penalty under this paragraph.
Collected contractor fines would go into a new Treasury Family Notification Fund, available until spent to pay damages awarded against the United States under the bill. The Department of Homeland Security could not retain or use those amounts.
There is established in the general fund of the Treasury an account to be known as the Family Notification Fund. Amounts collected as fines under this paragraph shall be deposited into the fund and shall remain available until expended to pay awards of damages under section 6 that are imposed against the United States. Such amounts may not be retained or used by the Department of Homeland Security.
After a covered death, the Secretary would have to notify designated congressional committees within 24 hours, publish a public notice within two business days, and complete and publish a death report within 90 days. Each death would require review by ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility or an equivalent office, with results sent to Homeland Security's civil rights office and Inspector General.
Not later than 24 hours after a covered death, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the appropriate committees of Congress of the death.
Not later than 2 business days after a covered death, the Secretary shall publish on a publicly available website of the Department of Homeland Security a release identifying the facility involved and the known circumstances of the death.
Not later than 90 days after a covered death, the Secretary shall complete and publish a report on the death, including a description of the medical care provided, a timeline of the events preceding the death, and the results of any review conducted under subsection (d).
The Secretary shall ensure that each covered death is reviewed by the Office of Professional Responsibility of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or an equivalent office, with the results provided to the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security.
Within one year after enactment and every six months afterward, the Secretary would report to Congress on the preceding 180 days. Reports would cover deaths and notification times, missed deadlines and authorized delays, releases during medical emergencies by field office and known subsequent deaths, and complaints and corrective actions.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and semiannually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report identifying, for the preceding 180-day period— (1) each covered death, and the time elapsed between the death and the completed notification of the emergency contact; (2) each notification required under section 2 that was not completed within the applicable period, with an explanation, and each delay invoked under section 2(e); (3) each release from custody granted, by field office, while an individual was hospitalized, being transported for emergency medical care, or experiencing a medical emergency, and whether the individual is known to have died following release; and (4) the number of complaints received under section 5(b) and corrective actions taken.
Records created under the bill would have to be kept for at least 10 years and could not be destroyed while related litigation, investigations, or congressional inquiries are pending.
Records created under this Act shall be retained for not less than 10 years and may not be destroyed while any litigation, investigation, or congressional inquiry concerning the death or event is pending.
The Homeland Security Inspector General would have to audit compliance and publish findings and recommendations within one year after enactment and every two years afterward. The department's civil rights officer would establish a complaint process for family members, emergency contacts, and representatives, and report annually to Congress on complaints and their resolution.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall audit compliance with this Act and publish the results and any recommendations for corrective action.
The Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security shall establish a mechanism by which a family member, emergency contact, or representative of an individual in custody may submit a complaint concerning compliance with this Act, and shall report annually to the appropriate committees of Congress on complaints received and their resolution.
A person in custody harmed by a violation, or that person's emergency contact, next-of-kin, or estate representative, could sue in federal district court. Defendants could include the United States, facility contractors, subcontractors, operators, and their officers or employees acting officially. The United States could not invoke sovereign immunity—the government's protection from being sued without its consent—as a defense.
Any individual in custody aggrieved by a violation of this Act, or the emergency contact, next-of-kin, or personal representative of the estate of such an individual, may bring a civil action for any violation of this Act in an appropriate district court of the United States against the United States, any contractor, subcontractor, or operator of a covered facility, or any officer or employee thereof acting in an official capacity.
The United States shall not be immune from suit under this section, and sovereign immunity shall not be a defense to any action brought under this section.
A successful plaintiff would receive actual damages or statutory damages of at least $100,000 per violation, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney fees and litigation costs. Courts would also award appropriate orders declaring rights or requiring or stopping conduct. Willful violations would require punitive damages, intended as punishment, against defendants other than the United States.
In an action under this section, the court shall award to a prevailing plaintiff— (1) actual damages or statutory damages of not less than $100,000 for each violation, whichever is greater; (2) in the case of a willful violation, punitive damages against any defendant other than the United States; (3) declaratory and injunctive relief, as appropriate; and (4) reasonable attorney’s fees and litigation costs.
Each day a required notification remains unmade would count as a separate violation for lawsuits and section 3(b) enforcement. Lawsuit remedies would be additional to civil penalties and other federal or state remedies, and plaintiffs would not have to complete an administrative complaint process first. Paying a penalty would not prevent a lawsuit, and a court award would not offset or eliminate the penalty.
For purposes of this section and section 3(b), each day a notification required by this Act remains unmade constitutes a separate violation.
The remedies under this section are in addition to, and not in lieu of, the civil penalty under section 3(b) and any other remedy available under Federal or State law, and may not be conditioned on the exhaustion of any administrative remedy. An award under this section shall not reduce, satisfy, or bar the civil penalty under section 3(b), and payment of that penalty shall not bar an action under this section.
Being named an emergency contact would create no legal or financial obligation. The bill would not grant immigration status or benefits, authorize detention, or discourage, restrict, or condition release, including release for medical or humanitarian reasons.
Nothing in this Act may be construed— (1) to create any legal or financial obligation on the part of any person designated as a next-of-kin or other emergency contact; (2) to confer any immigration status, benefit, or relief on any person; (3) to discourage, limit, or condition the release of any individual from custody, including release for medical or humanitarian reasons;
(6) to authorize the detention of any individual.
The bill would preserve existing federal medical privacy protections, other legal rights of people in custody, and requirements of the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013.
Nothing in this Act may be construed—
(4) to alter existing medical privacy protections under Federal law, or to limit any rights otherwise available to individuals in custody under any other provision of law; (5) to displace any requirement of the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (34 U.S.C. 60105);
The bill would authorize no additional appropriations—funding supplied through spending legislation—and would require implementation using amounts otherwise available to Homeland Security. Separately, its Family Notification Fund provision would make collected fines available to pay damages against the United States.
No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act. This Act shall be carried out using amounts otherwise made available to the Department of Homeland Security.
Amounts collected as fines under this paragraph shall be deposited into the fund and shall remain available until expended to pay awards of damages under section 6 that are imposed against the United States.
If a provision or its application were held invalid, the bill's remaining provisions and their application to other people and circumstances would remain unaffected.
If any provision of this Act or its application is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and its application to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated September 3, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Judiciary Committee on August 13, 2026. It does not establish subsequent action or enactment.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-03T08:06:30Z. 2026-08-13: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2026-08-13: Introduced in House
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