S 286 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Stop Human Trafficking of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Act of 2025

This bill requires enhanced background checks and home visits for sponsors caring for unaccompanied migrant children. It mandates fingerprint checks, sex offender registry reviews, criminal history checks, and child abuse registry checks for all adult household members before a child can be placed with them. The bill also prohibits placing children with unlawful immigrants (except biological parents or guardians), requires pre-release home visits, and mandates at least five unannounced post-release home visits in the first year. Additionally, it requires monthly reports to Congress on child placements, background checks, and missing children cases, with retroactive vetting for all children placed since 2021.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 28, 2025 Last action Jan 28, 2025
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Jan 28, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Jan 28, 2025
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