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HR 1202 · introduced · significant

Stop Human Trafficking of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill requires background checks and home visits before placing unaccompanied migrant children with sponsors.
  • It affects the Department of Health and Human Services, sponsors caring for migrant children, and the children themselves.
  • HHS must apply these vetting standards retroactively to all placements made since January 20, 2021.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would retroactive home visits for placements made since January 2021 affect the current whereabouts and stability of children already settled with sponsors?

  2. 02

    What additional resources and timeline would HHS need to conduct background checks and home visits for thousands of existing placements without disrupting current care arrangements?

  3. 03

    How do the vetting requirements in this bill compare to background check standards currently used for other forms of child placement and foster care?

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Sponsor · R-TX-8

Morgan Luttrell

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Introduced 2025-02-12

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-12 · IntroReferral

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H668)

  2. 2025-02-11 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  3. 2025-02-11 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-02-11 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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