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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5118 

To direct the Attorney General to report to Congress on the numbers of 

aliens unlawfully present in the United States who appear and fail 

to appear before immigration judges for proceedings under section 240 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 15, 2014 

Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. LANCE, 

Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. 

SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. LONG, Mr. KLINE, and Mr. MCCLINTOCK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To direct the Attorney General to report to Congress on 

the numbers of aliens unlawfully present in the United 

States who appear and fail to appear before immigration 

judges for proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparent Report 

5 of Alien Children’s Safety Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MONTHLY REPORTS ON CERTAIN MATTERS BEFORE 

2 IMMIGRATION JUDGES. 

3 Not later than the second Monday after the date of 

4 the enactment of this Act, and the first Monday of each 

5 month thereafter through March 30, 2017 (or the next 

6 business day when Monday occurs on a Federal holiday), 

7 the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary 

8 of Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committees on 

9 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 

10 Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

11 House of Representatives, and the Committee on Home12 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 

13 make publicly available on the Internet websites of the De14 partment of Justice and the Department of Homeland Se15 curity a report that includes— 

16 (1) the number of aliens unlawfully present in 

17 the United States who have appeared before an im18 migration judge (as such term is defined in section 

19 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

20 U.S.C. 1101)) for proceedings under section 240 of 

21 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

22 1229a) during the previous month; 

23 (2) a State-by-State breakdown of, during the 

24 previous month, the number of aliens unlawfully 

25 present in the United States who— 


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1 (A) have appeared before an immigration 

2 judge for proceedings under section 240 of the 

3 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

4 1229a); 

5 (B) in the case of unaccompanied alien 

6 children, have been placed in each State by the 

7 Secretary of Health and Human Services pur8 suant to section 235 of the William Wilberforce 

9 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

10 Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1232) pending pro11 ceedings under section 240 of the Immigration 

12 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a); 

13 (C) have failed to appear before an immi14 gration judge after receiving written notice re15 garding a required appearance in proceedings 

16 under section 240 of the Immigration and Na17 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a); and 

18 (D) have failed to appear before an immi19 gration judge and are under the age of 18 years 

20 old after receiving written notice regarding a re21 quired appearance in proceedings under section 

22 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

23 U.S.C. 1229a); and 


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1 (3) a State-by-State breakdown of, during the 

2 previous year, the number of aliens unlawfully 

3 present in the United States who— 

4 (A) have failed to make any appearance 

5 before an immigration judge after receiving 

6 written notice regarding each required appear7 ance in proceedings under section 240 of the 

8 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

9 1229a); and 

10 (B) have failed to make two or more ap11 pearances before an immigration judge after re12 ceiving written notice regarding each required 

13 appearance in proceedings under section 240 of 

14 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

15 1229a). 

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