Now that Kamala Harris has announced she is a Presidential candidate lets take a look at her proposed Immigration reforms as it relates to the use of information of Unaccompanied Children and the objective of the legislation to defund Border Law Enforcement. S.3624 - Families, Not Facilities Act of 2018
This bill is now sitting in the Committee on the Judiciary for review.
This legislation typifies her stand on immigration, limiting the border officials and others from using information about on unaccompanied children separated at the border effectively tying the hands of law enforcement officials.
(D) PROHIBITING USE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.—The Secretary of Homeland Security may not use information provided by an unaccompanied alien child or information initially obtained by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a suitability determination under subparagraph (A), a home study determination under subparagraph (B), or a secure facility determination under paragraph (2)(A) for the purpose of apprehending, detaining, or removing from the United States—
“(i) the unaccompanied alien child;
“(ii) the proposed custodian or current custodian;
“(iii) a resident of the home in which the proposed custodian or current custodian resides;
“(iv) the proposed sponsor or current sponsor; or
“(v) a resident of the home in which the proposed sponsor or current sponsor resides.”.
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ENFORCEMENT, DETENTION, AND REMOVAL OPERATIONS.
No Federal funds may be used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for any enforcement, detention, or removal activity that violates section 235(c)(3) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, as amended by section 3(a).
Of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2019 to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for enforcement and removal operations—
(1) $30,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Justice to expand the efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Crimes Against Children program to investigate criminal networks involved in child trafficking;
(2) $180,000,000shall be transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide the post-release legal, case management, and child advocate services described in section 6; and
(3) $10,000,000shall be transferred to the Administration for Children and Families to bolster the efforts of the Task Force to Prevent and End Human Trafficking.
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[–] 16271904? ago
When she was elected.