Requires HHS to share placement information on sponsors of unaccompanied children with DHS, requires DHS to investigate their immigration status if unknown, and mandates initiation of removal proceedings against those found unlawfully present.
Before placing an unaccompanied alien child with an individual, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide to the Secretary of Homeland Security the following information regarding the individual with whom the child will be placed:
Makes it easier to repatriate unaccompanied children from non-contiguous countries, narrows asylum eligibility to those arriving at ports of entry, imposes safe-third-country bars on most who transited other countries, shortens the asylum application deadline, raises the burden of proof, expands the
the detention of any alien child who is not an unaccompanied alien child shall be governed by sections 217, 235, 236, and 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
Requires family detention for certain adults charged only with illegal entry misdemeanor who entered with their minor child, and bars release of accompanied minors except to a lawfully-present parent or guardian.
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall-- (A) maintain the care and custody of an alien, during the period during which the charges described in clause (i) are pending, who-- (i) is charged only with a misdemeanor offense under section 275(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a)); and (ii) entered the United States with the alien's child who has not attained 18 years of age; and (B) detain the alien with the alien's child.
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
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2026-08-07: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill makes numerous changes that expand immigration enforcement, including easier repatriation of unaccompanied children, mandatory information-sharing between HHS and DHS on sponsors (with required removal proceedings for unlawful sponsors), expanded family detention requirements, narrowed asylum eligibility and procedures that make grants harder, safe-third-country bars, shorter filing deadlines, higher burdens of proof, penalties for frivolous applications, and preemption of state licensing for detention facilities. No provisions restrict enforcement or address firearms, transgender, or