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US SB52

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Marsha Blackburn

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Adults (18+) seeking U.S. admission with a minor must provide documents proving they are a relative or guardian, plus a witness who can testify to the relationship, OR submit to a DNA test administered by HHS

  • DNA testing is required only when DHS cannot verify the familial relationship through presented documentation; refusal to consent to DNA testing renders the adult inadmissible

  • Minors accompanying adults deemed inadmissible will be classified as unaccompanied alien children under the Homeland Security Act

  • Creates new federal crime of "recycling of minors" — using a child who is not your relative or ward to enter the U.S. — punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and/or fines

  • "Relative" is defined as consanguinity within the second degree (parents, grandparents, siblings, children, grandchildren)

Legislative Description

End Child Trafficking Now Act

Immigration

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1/9/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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