United States S 4590: KIDS Act

Bill Text

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119TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION S. 4590
To limit the Department of Homeland Security from detaining children and
individuals with a cognitive disability and to prohibit immigration en-
forcement actions at sensitive locations without a court-issued criminal
warrant.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 20, 2026
Mr. BENNET introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To limit the Department of Homeland Security from detain-
ing children and individuals with a cognitive disability
and to prohibit immigration enforcement actions at sen-
sitive locations without a court-issued criminal warrant.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Immigrants 4
and Destinations Safe Act’’ or the ‘‘KIDS Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
In this Act: 7
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(1) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ has the meaning 1
given such term in section 101(b)(1) of the Immi-2
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)). 3
(2) COGNITIVE DISABILITY.—The term ‘‘cog-4
nitive disability’’ means a mental impairment that 5
substantially limits one or more major life activities 6
of an individual involving learning, reading, concen-7
trating, thinking, or communicating, or the oper-8
ation of a neurological or brain function, consistent 9
with the meaning of ‘‘disability’’ under section 3(1) 10
of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 11
12102(1)). 12
(3) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 13
means the Department of Homeland Security. 14
(4) PRIMARY CAREGIVER.—The term ‘‘primary 15
caregiver’’ means a noncitizen parent or legal guard-16
ian who is the primary caretaker of 1 or more minor 17
children in the United States, including a noncitizen 18
parent or legal guardian with a direct interest in 19
family court, probate court, guardianship, or child 20
welfare proceedings involving a minor child. 21
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 22
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 23
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(6) SENSITIVE LOCATION.—The term ‘‘sensitive 1
location’’ includes any physical space located within 2
1,000 feet of— 3
(A) any medical or mental health care fa-4
cility, including any hospital, health care practi-5
tioner’s office, accredited health clinic, vaccina-6
tion or testing site, emergent or urgent care fa-7
cility, or community health center; 8
(B) any public or private school (including 9
preschools, primary schools, secondary schools, 10
and postsecondary schools (including colleges 11
and universities)), any site of an early childhood 12
education program, any other institution of 13
learning, such as vocational or trade schools, 14
and any other site where individuals who are 15
unemployed or underemployed may apply for or 16
receive workforce training; 17
(C) any scholastic or education-related ac-18
tivity or event, including field trips and inter-19
scholastic events; 20
(D) any school bus or school bus stop dur-21
ing periods when school children are present on 22
the bus or at the stop; 23
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(E) any recreational facility for children, 1
such as playgrounds and formal recreational fa-2
cilities; 3
(F) any child care focused facility, includ-4
ing child care centers, before or after school 5
care centers, foster care facilities, and group 6
homes for children; 7
(G) any location where disaster or emer-8
gency response and relief is being provided by 9
Federal, State, or local entities, such as— 10
(i) the distribution of emergency sup-11
plies, food, and water; 12
(ii) any place of temporary shelter; 13
(iii) any place along an evacuation 14
route; and 15
(iv) any site where registration for 16
disaster-related assistance or family reuni-17
fication is taking place; 18
(H) any location of any organization 19
that— 20
(i) assists children, pregnant women, 21
victims of crime or abuse, or individuals 22
with significant mental or physical disabil-23
ities, including domestic violence shelters, 24
child advocacy centers, facilities that serve 25
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disabled persons, drug or alcohol coun-1
seling and treatment facilities, rape crisis 2
centers, supervised visitation centers, fam-3
ily justice centers, victims’ services pro-4
viders, and community-based organizations 5
providing social services; or 6
(ii) provides dis