Fundamental Immigration Fairness Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7456 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7456 To limit the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain aliens of good moral character, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2026 Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Mr. Pocan, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To limit the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain aliens of good moral character, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fundamental Immigration Fairness Act''. SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON DETENTION OF ALIENS OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER. (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of Homeland Security may not take into custody an alien, prior to the entry of an order of…