NO WAREHOUSING OF HUMAN BEINGS IN INDUSTRIAL ICE DETENTION CENTERS

On 2026-04-30, Representative Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3) delivered a floor speech titled "NO WAREHOUSING OF HUMAN BEINGS IN INDUSTRIAL ICE DETENTION CENTERS" in the House. The speech addressed immigration and also covered trade policy, housing. It referenced legislation: HR8494.

NO WAREHOUSING OF HUMAN BEINGS IN INDUSTRIAL ICE DETENTION CENTERS

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 76 (Thursday, April 30, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 76 (Thursday, April 30, 2026)] [House] [Pages H3326-H3327] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] NO WAREHOUSING OF HUMAN BEINGS IN INDUSTRIAL ICE DETENTION CENTERS (Ms. MORRISON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) Ms. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to speak on the importance of the Ban Warehouse Detention Act. The Trump administration wants to spend $40 billion for detention centers [[Page H3327]] to hold human beings. ICE is confining people in windowless rooms with metal bunk beds, a few metal tables, and toilets. This is where they stay all day and all night, sometimes for months. Trump is planning to give $40 billion in taxpayer dollars to his megadonors and other private contractors to build and run more ICE detention centers that are literally killing people. We must pass H.R. 8494, the Ban Warehouse Detention Act, because Americans across the country are standing up and saying, we don't want this. From New Hampshire to New York, from Oklahoma to Tennessee, to my home State of Minnesota, when Americans find out about ICE's plans to buy massive industrial warehouses to hold nearly 100,000 human beings, they are flooding their city council meetings, putting pressure on their local officials, and demanding that these contracts be canceled. Across red States and blue States alike, Americans are saying that this is not what they want and this is not who we should be. ____________________

Referenced legislation: HR8494