HR 6183
115th Congress
House
Immigration
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Detention of persons
Domestic violence and child abuse
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
State and local courts
Family Reunification Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Jun 21, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 21, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Family Reunification Act
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that each unaccompanied alien child removed by a federal official or employee from the custody of a parent or legal guardian at or near a port of entry or within 100 miles of the border be reunited with the parent or legal guardian at the earliest possible date unless:
- a state court terminates the rights of a parent or legal guardian, determines that it is in the child's best interests to be removed from the parent or legal guardian, or makes any similar determination that is authorized under state law;
- a state or county child welfare official determines that it is in the child's best interests to be removed from his or her parent or legal guardian because the child is in danger of abuse or neglect from the parent or legal guardian; or
- DHS requires continued separation because the child is a trafficking victim or is at significant risk of becoming a trafficking victim, there is a strong likelihood that the adult is not the child's parent or legal guardian, or the child is in danger of abuse or neglect from the parent or legal guardian.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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