Congress demands DHS stop denying reproductive care to detained immigrants

What it does

This resolution asserts that immigrant justice and reproductive justice are interconnected and must be pursued together. It documents systemic failures by the Department of Homeland Security—including ICE and CBP—to provide adequate reproductive health care to detained immigrants, including pregnant individuals, and calls on Congress and federal agencies to eliminate detention-based barriers to reproductive care, reinstate protections for pregnant detainees, expand immigrant access to federal health programs, and increase transparency and oversight of detention facility practices.

Why we flagged it

This is a non-binding resolution expressing the sense of the House on policy priorities and calling for executive action. It does not create law or appropriate funds; it is a messaging and oversight instrument that documents systemic failures and advocates for policy change.

What the text implies

• Resolution calls for elimination of the 5-year bar on immigrant access to Medicaid and ACA coverage—a significant expansion of federal health benefits that would require separate legislative action to implement.
• Calls for permanent reinstatement of pregnant-individual protections previously revoked by CBP in May 2025, suggesting ongoing policy volatility in this area.
• Requests comprehensive reporting from DHS on all internal reports regarding detention conditions, which could expose additional systemic failures not yet public.
• Framing reproductive justice as inseparable from immigrant justice may influence future legislative coalitions and budget priorities across health, immigration, and social-justice committees.

Who it affects

The resolution advocates for expanded health care access and protections for a vulnerable population (detained immigrants, particularly pregnant individuals and minors) who currently face documented systemic denial of reproductive and basic medical care. It calls for transparency, oversight, and removal of barriers to federal health coverage—all of which would benefit ordinary people in immigration custody and their families.

Named in the bill

Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP), Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Where it stands

33 cosponsors: 33 Democrats.

• Nov 21, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Homeland Security and House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and…”

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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 $10,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 8 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.

Delia Ramirez, the sponsor, reported $383,900 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.

• National Immigration Law Center (nilc) — $10,000 on 1 filing

Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jan 14, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.