To clarify standards of family detention and the treatment of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.
Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act
This bill establishes rules for the care of unaccompanied alien children (under age 18) in detention. It also revises rules for the detention of aliens who commit violent crimes and expands the grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for alien gang members.
The bill revises asylum provisions and imposes criminal penalties for asylum fraud.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 12.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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