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H.R. 4371119th Congress
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The Kayla Hamilton bill requires gang-tattoo checks on unaccompanied children over 12 and bars placement with sponsors who lack legal status.
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The bill changes how unaccompanied immigrant children are placed in shelters or with sponsors while their immigration cases are pending. It requires screening children over 12 for gang tattoos, embassy checks on criminal history, secure detention for those with gang ties or criminal records without later review, a ban on placing children with sponsors who are in the country illegally, and detailed data-sharing between HHS and DHS on sponsors and their households.
Unaccompanied immigrant children, HHS and DHS, and prospective sponsor families are directly affected.
The changes could speed some placements into secure facilities while limiting review, and could reduce the pool of eligible sponsors and raise privacy concerns for mixed-status households.
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Right now: it passed the House and now goes to the Senate. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Received in the Senate.