Central America Family Protection and Reunification Act

Bill: 115-hr-6193
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2018-06-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of State
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Domestic violence and child abuse
El Salvador
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Federal appellate courts
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Guatemala
Health care coverage and access
Honduras
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Mexico
Organized crime
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sex and reproductive health
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: 

Central America Family Protection and Reunification Act

 
This bill states that it shall be: (1) U.S. policy to not separate immigrant families as a deterrent and to reunite families that were separated due to the criminal prosecution of parents for illegal entry, and (2) Department of State policy to prioritize supporting governments and citizens to facilitate reunification of such families. 
 
The State Department shall submit to Congress: 
 
 
reports concerning gender-based violence in the Northern Triangle (the region encompassing Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador);
 
reports concerning gang and organized-crime related violence in the Northern Triangle;
 
strategies to use portions of funds for the U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America to combat gender-based violence in the Northern Triangle, as well as to address the damage to the health and well-being of children and caregivers caused by separating children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
 
 
The State Department shall establish an office to study serious crimes committed against aliens who were removed from the United States and against U.S. citizens who left the United States because of having an alien parent who was removed from the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Introduced in House