US Congress Senate Bill 388 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends provisions related to the safety of minor aliens that enter the United States unaccompanied by a guardian. When placing an unaccompanied alien child with a proposed custodian, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall not consider the custodian's immigration status. DHS shall not use certain information obtained for placing a child with a custodian to apprehend, detain, or deport certain individuals, including the child, proposed sponsor, or a person living with the sponsor. The Office of Refugee Settlement shall provide services for unaccompanied alien children after they have been released, to help them transition into their communities and to connect them with legal representation. Money appropriated to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for FY2019 shall be redirected to fund such services. Other money appropriated for ICE shall be redirected to various programs to investigate and prevent child trafficking. also establishes the Office of Refugee Resettlement Advisory Committee on Shelters for Unaccompanied Alien Children. The advisory committee may conduct unannounced inspections of Office of Refugee Settlement shelters that hold unaccompanied alien children and shall issue reports on its investigations and recommendations regarding the shelters.

Families, Not Facilities Act of 2019

Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB2217 (Related) 2019-05-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/388/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s388/BILLS-116s388is.pdf