S 52 · in committee · significant
End Child Trafficking Now Act
- immigration
What this bill does
- Requires foreign adults entering the U.S. with minors to prove family relationship through documents, testimony, or DNA testing.
- Affects non-citizen adults traveling with children and immigration officers processing entry claims.
- Criminalizes using unrelated minors to enter the U.S. and allows arrest if DNA test is refused.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How should immigration officials balance thorough family relationship verification with processing delays that could affect legitimate families at ports of entry?
- 02
What are the practical costs and ethical concerns of requiring DNA testing as a condition of entry for foreign adults traveling with children?
- 03
Does the bill's criminal penalties for refusing DNA tests adequately account for cultural, religious, or privacy concerns that might lead people to decline?
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Sponsor · R-TN
Marsha Blackburn
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
10/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-09
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-09 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-09 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate

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