{"id":7355,"date":"2014-07-30T12:29:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T16:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=7355"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:49:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:49:11","slug":"house-leadership-border-bill-makes-process-of-removing-alien-minors-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/07\/30\/house-leadership-border-bill-makes-process-of-removing-alien-minors-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"House Leadership Border Bill Makes Process of Removing Alien Minors Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Screen<\/a>Overview.<\/strong>\u00a0Yesterday (July 29), House GOP Leadership introduced its border bill to respond to the President’s request for $3.7 billion in additional funding to address the border crisis. The core policy provision in the bill \u2014 a revision of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA 2008) (P. Law 110-457) \u2014 is based on Title I of S.2611, introduced by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX).\u00a0(S.2611<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Cornyn-Cuellar bill significantly changes how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) processes unaccompanied alien children (UACs). Most importantly, it adds a new, cumbersome layer to the way DHS processes illegal alien minors.\u00a0FAIR published a summary of the Cornyn-Cuellar legislation as introduced<\/a>.\u00a0Below is a summary of the legislation as amended by the House Leadership bill. FAIR opposes both S.2611 as introduced and as amended by the House Leadership bill. Read More…<\/a>