DHS officers must show their faces and ID during immigration arrests
H.R. 4176 — No Secret Police Act of 2025 · Filed by Dan Goldman (D-NY) · 130 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 26, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires DHS law enforcement officers and agents conducting border security or immigration enforcement to display visible official insignia/uniforms and provide identification when detaining or arresting someone, and prohibits them from wearing face coverings that conceal their identity. It also directs DHS to research technology to maximize uniform visibility and report on tactical gear policies to Congress.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is a transparency and identification requirement imposed on DHS officers during immigration enforcement, designed to prevent anonymous detention and increase accountability to the public.
What the text implies
- The prohibition on face coverings may create operational friction during high-risk enforcement actions, potentially affecting officer safety protocols and tactical flexibility in dangerous situations.
- Research and development mandate for visibility-enhancing technology could result in significant R&D spending and procurement contracts, though the bill does not specify budget authority.
- Reporting requirement to Congress on tactical gear policies creates a new oversight mechanism and may lead to legislative pressure to restrict or standardize DHS enforcement tactics.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Citizens subject to immigration enforcement gain the right to know the identity and agency affiliation of officers detaining them, and can visually verify official status rather than face unidentified agents. This strengthens accountability and reduces risk of impersonation or abuse during enforcement encounters.
Named in the bill
Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, House Committee on the Judiciary, House Committee on Homeland Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Under Secretary for Science and Technology
Where it stands
130 cosponsors: 130 Democrats.
- Jun 26, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 26, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Homeland Security · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. Those filings disclosed $20,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 2 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Dan Goldman, the sponsor, reported $407,029 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Virginia Union University — $20,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jan 17, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,545 characters) on Oct 17, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jan 17, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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