Immigration holding needs a judge's OK every 60 days.
S. 5560 — Immigration Warrants Reform Act of 2026 · Filed by Richard Durbin (D-IL) · 7 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill says agents must get a warrant before they arrest someone. The warrant must be based on facts about that one person. A judge must check every holding case all 60 days. The government must prove the person must stay locked up. Agents can arrest without a warrant only in danger. A judge must check that arrest within 24 hours.
Who it affects
Noncitizens facing arrest and holding get more protections. They can challenge their holding in court all 60 days.
One thing to notice
The bill requires judges to check holding cases all 60 days. It uses a high bar for proof.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
7 cosponsors: 6 Democrats, 1 Independents.
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5005)”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- noncitizen — A person who is not a citizen of the United States.
- holding — Keeping someone locked up, usually in jail or a locked place.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (6,884 characters) on Oct 7, 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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