Bill orders shutdown of Newark immigration detention center
S. 5325 — Delaney Hall Closure Act · Filed by Cory Booker (D-NJ) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Department of Homeland Security to close Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey. It must close within 90 days. The government cannot sign new contracts to run it. The government can end old contracts. It only pays for work done before the end date.
Who it affects
People held at Delaney Hall would be released or moved elsewhere. The government would spend less money on holding people. Companies that run the place would lose their contracts.
One thing to notice
The bill closes one holding center but does not say where people would go instead.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- detention — holding people in a government place, usually while their legal case is decided
- Department of Homeland Security — the government agency that handles immigration and border security
- contracts — written deals that say a company will do work for the government for money
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,119 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 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 2026-09-23.
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