Title: Transparency of Migration Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Transparency of Migration Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make publicly available online certain information about individuals unlawfully present in the United States who are (1) apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and sent to a federal detention center or released into the United States, or (2) processed through an HHS facility.
This information must be updated weekly and must include daily numbers, the country of origin of such individuals, and other details.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4096 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4096

  To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of 
   Health and Human Services to make available to the public on the 
 websites of their respective departments certain information relating 
to individuals processed through U.S. Customs and Border Protection or 
   Department of Health and Human Services facilities, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2021

  Ms. Malliotakis (for herself, Mr. Steube, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Hice of 
Georgia, Mr. Grothman, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of 
   Health and Human Services to make available to the public on the 
 websites of their respective departments certain information relating 
to individuals processed through U.S. Customs and Border Protection or 
   Department of Health and Human Services facilities, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency of Migration Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS 
              PROCESSED THROUGH U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OR 
              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make available to the 
public on the websites of their respective departments' information 
described in subsection (b) relating to individuals unlawfully present 
in the United States who are--
            (1) apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and 
        sent to a federally owned or run detention center or released 
        into the United States; or
            (2) processed through a Department of Health and Human 
        Services facility.
    (b) Information Described.--Information described in this 
subsection is information relating to the following:
            (1) The daily number of individuals described in subsection 
        (a).
            (2) The countries of origins of such individuals.
            (3) The ages and genders of such individuals.
            (4) The States to which such individuals have been either 
        released or sent.
            (5) The number and types of criminal convictions, if any, 
        such individuals possess.
    (c) Updates.--Information under this section shall be updated 
weekly.
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