Contact Congress about H.R. 5585: Equal Detention Standards Act of 2025

New and renewed Homeland Security contracts for immigration detention centers would have to follow U.S. Marshals Service detention standards too. The bill adds those rules on top of whatever standards the contract already has.

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Equal Detention Standards Act of 2025 is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Latest action on H.R. 5585: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people held in immigration detention and the groups that run those facilities. It also directly affects the Department of Homeland Security, which would have to put these added rules into covered contracts and oversee them.

Why this matters: Rules can differ from one immigration detention center to another today. This bill tries to make treatment and facility conditions more alike by attaching one federal standard to new and renewed contracts. That could matter a lot for detained people and for the groups running these centers. The exact effect would depend on how different the Marshals Service rules are from current immigration detention rules and how strongly Homeland Security enforces them.

Key provisions in H.R. 5585

• This bill covers any facility that holds people under U.S. immigration law. It uses the meaning already written into the Immigration and Nationality Act.
• It applies to deals between the Secretary of Homeland Security and any outside operator. That includes local governments and private companies running immigration detention centers.
• Facilities covered by those deals would have to follow the Federal Performance Based Detention Standards from the U.S. Marshals Service.
• These Marshals Service rules would not replace the contract's current detention rules. Facilities would have to follow both.
• The rule starts for agreements made or renewed on or after the day the bill becomes law.

How Modern Action helps you take action on H.R. 5585

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Questions people ask about H.R. 5585

What is H.R. 5585?

New and renewed Homeland Security contracts for immigration detention centers would have to follow U.S. Marshals Service detention standards too. The bill adds those rules on top of whatever standards the contract already has.

How do I support or oppose H.R. 5585?

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Who should I contact about H.R. 5585?

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