Standards for Department of Homeland Security detention facilities

(a) Rulemaking Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, by regulation, shall establish detention standards for each facility at which aliens in the custody of the Department are detained. (b) Minimum protection The standards established pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide, at a minimum, the level of protection for detainees described in the American Bar Association’s Civil Immigration Detention Standards (adopted in August 2012 and modified in August 2014). (c) Biennial updates Not less frequently than biennially, the Secretary shall review and update the standards established pursuant to subsection (a), as appropriate.