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Accountability for Care of Unaccompanied Alien Children Act of 2019

Introduced: May 21, 2019 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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May 21, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 21, 2019
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Accountability for Care of Unaccompanied Alien Children Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) information relating to an unaccompanied alien child's sponsor or potential sponsor, as well as each member of the household of the sponsor or potential sponsor. DHS may use such information for immigration enforcement, and law enforcement agencies may use such information to investigate any suspected violation of law.

What's happening now May 21, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · May 21, 2019
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 21, 2019
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Hawley, Josh
Missouri · May 21, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1561: Accountability for Care of Unaccompanied Alien Children Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1561/
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"S. 1561: Accountability for Care of Unaccompanied Alien Children Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1561/.
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S. 1561, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1561/.
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