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S 52 · in committee · significant

End Child Trafficking Now Act

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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    How should immigration officials balance thorough family relationship verification with processing delays that could affect legitimate families at ports of entry?

  2. 02

    What are the practical costs and ethical concerns of requiring DNA testing as a condition of entry for foreign adults traveling with children?

  3. 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

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Introduced 2025-01-09

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-09 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  2. 2025-01-09 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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