Expedited Family Reunification Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide that any unaccompanied alien child (UAC) who has not been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons or does not have a credible fear of persecution on returning to his or her country of nationality or of last habitual residence shall be: (1) placed in removal proceedings, (2) eligible for voluntary departure at no cost to the child, and (3) provided with access to counsel. (Currently such expedited removal requirements apply to unaccompanied children from countries that are contiguous to the United States.)
Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate agreements, in addition to countries contiguous to the United States, between the United States and Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and any other appropriate country regarding the repatriation of children.
Applies the requirements of this Act to any UAC apprehended on or after June 15, 2012.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5053 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5053
To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the expedited removal of
unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of
trafficking in persons and who do not have a fear of returning to their
country of nationality or last habitual residence, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 10, 2014
Mr. Salmon introduced the following bill; which was 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
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A BILL
To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the expedited removal of
unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of
trafficking in persons and who do not have a fear of returning to their
country of nationality or last habitual residence, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Expedited Family Reunification Act
of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) President Obama, on June 15, 2012, during the Rose
Garden speech, announced a unilateral administrative change in
United States immigration policy that the administration will
not enforce broad swaths of immigration laws, including that
the administration would not deport illegal immigrants brought
to the United States as young children.
(2) An estimated 90,000 unaccompanied alien children are
likely to illegally enter the United States this year alone.
(3) These children are targeted by human traffickers, drug
cartels, and other criminal organizations, and run the risk of
being kidnapped, raped, killed, or otherwise harmed.
(4) Returning these illegal immigrants to their families in
their home countries would allow them to be safe, free from
harm, and help reduce future flow.
SEC. 3. REPATRIATION OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.
Section 235(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by amending the heading to read as follows:
``Rules for unaccompanied alien children.'';
(B) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding
clause (i), by striking ``who is a national or habitual
resident of a country that is contiguous with the
United States''; and
(C) in subparagraph (C)--
(i) by amending the heading to read as
follows: ``Agreements with foreign countries'';
and
(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
inserting after ``countries contiguous to the
United States'' the following ``, as well as
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and any other
foreign country that the Secretary determines
appropriate,''; and
(2) in paragraph (5)(D), in the matter preceding clause
(i), by striking ``, except for an unaccompanied alien child
from a contiguous country subject to the exceptions under
subsection (a)(2),'' and inserting ``who does not meet the
criteria listed in paragraph (2)(A)''.
SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY.
The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to any unaccompanied
alien child who was apprehended on or after June 15, 2012.
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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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