Keep ICE Out of Washington County, Maryland Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7470 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7470 To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, from establishing or operating an immigration detention or holding facility in Washington County, Maryland, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 10, 2026 Mrs. McClain Delaney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, from establishing or operating an immigration detention or holding facility in Washington County, Maryland, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Keep ICE Out of Washington County, Maryland Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Immigration detention and holding facilities have significant and lasting impacts on surrounding communities, including effects on public health, housing, infrastructure, and local services. (2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained thousands of citizens and noncitizens without regard for due process or the rule of law, undermining key constitutional protections afforded to all people, regardless of status. (3) Detention conditions in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities across the country are inhumane and fall far short of our values