Migrant Child Trafficking Prevention and Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4562
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2021-07-20
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Migrant Child Trafficking Prevention and Accountability Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill imposes sanctions on an alien parent (or guardian) of an unaccompanied alien child who arrives at any U.S. border or port of entry. </p> <p>Under current law, an alien may arrive in the United States (whether or not at a port of entry) and request asylum, subject to certain restrictions.</p> <p>If the parent is not a lawful permanent resident, that parent shall be permanently barred from adjusting immigration status and deemed inadmissible into the United States. In addition, such a parent shall be deemed to have violated certain crimes related to assisting or abetting an alien's attempt to enter into the United States in violation of immigration laws, even if the parent's actions would fall under an exception for a first offense in assisting or abetting certain family members.</p> <p>If the parent is a lawful permanent resident, that parent shall be ineligible for any federal public benefit. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4562 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2021 Mr. Gooden of Texas (for himself, Mr. Buck , Mr. Steube , Mr. Gaetz , Mr. Van Drew , Mr. Fallon , and Ms. Herrell ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To sanction the parents and guardians of unaccompanied alien minors, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Migrant Child Trafficking Prevention and Accountability Act of 2021 . 2. Sanctions Section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) Sanctions In the case of an unaccompanied alien child who arrives at the arrived at any international border of, port of entry to, or place between any ports of entry to. the United States: (1) Alien parents Any parent or guardian of the unaccompanied alien child, if that parent or guardian is an alien not described in paragraph (2), shall be— (A) permanently barred from adjusting immigration status; (B) deemed to be inadmissible for purposes of section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (C) deemed, for purposes of the immigration laws, to have committed an offense described in section 101(a)(43)(N) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (except that for purposes of this paragraph, the limitation regarding a first offense for which the alien has affirmatively shown that the alien committed the offense for the purpose of assisting, abetting, or aiding only the alien's spouse, child, or parent (and no other individual) shall not apply). (2) LPR parents Any parent or guardian of the unaccompanied alien child, if that parent or guardian is a lawful permanent resident, shall be ineligible for any Federal public benefit (as such term is defined in section 401(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996). .