[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H4228]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           FIND OUR FAMILIES

  (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, under the Trump administration, families are 
searching desperately for their loved ones who have gone missing in ICE 
and Border Patrol custody.
  Families don't know if they are safe or even if they are still in the 
country. Lawyers can't find their clients, and children can't find 
their parents.
  This is by design. The administration is making it impossible to find 
our family members and robbing people of their right to due process, 
forcing them to lose contact with their loved ones and legal counsel.
  I am going to fix that by introducing the Find Our Families Act, 
which requires the Department of Homeland Security to maintain an 
accurate and more detailed online detainee locator system for all 
individuals detained by ICE and Border Patrol. It requires families and 
lawyers to be notified when the individual is being transferred, 
including for urgent medical care. It creates penalties for facilities 
that do not comply.
  Mr. Speaker, no one should vanish in government custody, and I urge 
my colleagues to support the Find Our Families Act today.

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