Bill shuts down DHS and requires Congress to vote on each removal.
H.R. 10803 — Reimagining Safety Act · Filed by Delia Ramirez (D-IL) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Oct 13, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill closes the Department of Homeland Security. It creates a new Department of Community Safety instead. It moves border security, airport security, and the Coast Guard to other federal agencies. It stops holding immigrants in detention. It requires Congress to vote before each person is removed from the country. It sets up new money for violence prevention and help for people seeking refuge.
Who it affects
Immigrants facing removal would get a vote from Congress first. People seeking refuge would get help from groups instead of being held. Citizens would access new safety programs. Local groups and nonprofits would get money for violence prevention and disaster help.
One thing to notice
Congress must vote on every single removal, which could make removals very slow. The bill stops holding people but does not say where they would stay.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 5 Democrats.
- Oct 13, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 13, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on Ways and Means · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Department of Homeland Security — The federal agency that handles borders, immigration, airports, and disaster response.
- removal — When the government sends a person back to their home country.
- detention — When the government holds a person in a facility while deciding what to do.
- seeking refuge — People who ask the government for safety because they fled danger at home.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,094 characters) on Oct 30, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,605 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-30.
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