SEC. 4. UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN. 
Section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 
1232) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by inserting at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(C) BACKGROUND CHECKS OF INDIVID-
UALS WITH WHOM CHILDREN ARE PLACED.— 
Before placing a child with an individual, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
conduct a background check on such individual, 
which background check shall include each of 
the following: 
‘‘(i) A public records check. 
‘‘(ii) A check using the Dru Sjodin 
National Sex Offender Public Website. 
‘‘(iii) A National Criminal History 
Background Check, which shall be con-
ducted by the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, based on digital fingerprints or 
digitized paper prints. 
‘‘(iv) A Child Abuse and Neglect (CA/ 
N) check. 
‘‘(v) A State criminal history reposi-
tory or local law enforcement check. 
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‘‘(D) INFORMATION
ABOUT
INDIVIDUALS 
WITH WHOM CHILDREN ARE PLACED.— 
‘‘(i) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED 
TO HOMELAND SECURITY.—Before placing 
a child with an individual, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall provide 
to the Secretary of Homeland Security, re-
garding the individual with whom the child 
will be placed, the following information: 
‘‘(I) The name of the individual. 
‘‘(II) The social security number 
of the individual. 
‘‘(III) The date of birth of the in-
dividual. 
‘‘(IV) The location of the individ-
ual’s residence where the child will be 
placed. 
‘‘(V) The immigration status of 
the individual, if known. 
‘‘(VI) Contact information for 
the individual. 
‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of a 
child who was apprehended on or after 
June 15, 2012, and before the date of the 
enactment of this subparagraph, who the 
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Secretary of Health and Human Services 
placed with an individual, the Secretary 
shall provide the information listed in 
clause (i) to the Secretary of Homeland 
Security not later than 90 days after such 
date of enactment. 
‘‘(iii) ACTIVITIES OF THE SECRETARY 
OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—Not later than 
30 days after receiving the information 
listed in clause (i), the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall— 
‘‘(I) in the case that the immi-
gration status of an individual with 
whom a child is placed is unknown, 
investigate the immigration status of 
that individual; and 
‘‘(II) upon determining that an 
individual with whom a child is placed 
is unlawfully present in the United 
States, initiate removal proceedings 
pursuant to chapter 4 of title II of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1221 et seq.).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5)— 
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(i) by inserting after ‘‘to the greatest 
extent practicable’’ the following: ‘‘(at no 
expense to the Government)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘have counsel to rep-
resent them’’ and inserting ‘‘have access to 
counsel to represent them’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) SANCTIONS.—In the case of an unaccompanied 
alien child who arrives at any international border of, port 
of entry to, or place between any ports of entry to, the 
United States— 
‘‘(1) an alien parent or guardian, other than an 
alien admitted for lawful permanent residence, of 
such a child shall be— 
‘‘(A) permanently barred from adjusting 
status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence and becoming a natural-
ized citizen of the United States; 
‘‘(B) deemed to be inadmissible for pur-
poses of section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182); and 
‘‘(C) deemed to have committed an offense 
described in paragraph (1)(A) of section 274 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324); or 
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‘‘(2) an alien parent or guardian, who is an 
alien admitted for lawful permanent residence, shall 
be ineligible for any Federal public benefit (as such 
term is defined in section 401(c) of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996).’’. 
SEC. 5. COLLABORATION WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall improve 
collaboration and coordination with foreign governments 
and the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration 
Alert Program (commonly referred to as ‘‘BITMAP’’) or 
any successor database, in order to deter and detect immi-
gration and asylum fraud. 
SEC. 6. NOTIFICATION ABOUT FRAUDULENT POTENTIAL 
SPONSORS OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHIL-
DREN. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement and any 
appropriate law enforcement agency, and deny the place-
ment of an unaccompanied alien child (as such term is 
defined in section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 279)) with a potential sponsor if the po-
tential sponsor— 
(1) claims to have familial relationship to the 
unaccompanied alien child, but fails a DNA test, 
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and is otherwise unable to prove such relationship 
beyond a reasonable doubt; or 
(2) provides a false document to confirm the 
potential sponsor’s identity. 
SEC. 7. FEDERAL AGENCIES TO NOTIFY ICE OF UNLAW-
FULLY PRESENT ALIENS. 
If an alien presents a document to an officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government for purposes of identi-
fication, which document indicates that the alien is unlaw-
fully present in the United States, the officer or employee 
shall promptly notify Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment. Upon receiving a notification under this section, Im-
migration and Customs Enforcement shall promptly place 
the alien in removal proceedings. 
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