Bill stops immigration arrests at child care centers.
S. 5436 — A bill to prohibit immigration enforcement actions at child care facilities. · Filed by Christopher Murphy (D-CT) · Introduced Sep 17, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill stops the Department of Homeland Security from making arrests at child care centers. It stops raids and holding people there. The bill does not stop arrests anywhere else. It does not stop immigration law itself.
Who it affects
Kids in child care centers are protected from arrest action at that place. Parents are protected from losing child care because of arrests there.
One thing to notice
The bill only stops arrests at child care centers. Arrests can still happen at homes, work, and other places.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 17, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 17, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
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 immigration and border security.
- raids — When agents go to a place to search and arrest people.
- immigration law — Rules about who can come to and stay in the United States.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (832 characters) on Oct 3, 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.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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