HR 61 · in committee · significant
Ensuring United Families at the Border Act
- immigration
What this bill does
- This bill changes how children of non-U.S. nationals are detained at the border and removes time limits on how long they can be held.
- It affects migrant children and families entering the U.S. unlawfully, requiring parents and children to be detained together.
- The bill overrides a 1997 settlement agreement and prevents states from regulating immigration detention facilities for minors.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should authorities balance keeping migrant families together during detention with concerns about prolonged confinement of children?
- 02
What evidence exists that removing the 1997 time limits on child detention will improve outcomes for migrant families at the border?
- 03
Which stakeholders—states, detention facilities, child welfare agencies, families—would be most affected by preventing state oversight of minor detention facilities?
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Sponsor · R-AZ-5
Andy Biggs
Citizen cosponsors
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3/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-03
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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