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H.R.6172

H.R.6172: Reunite Children With Their Parents Act

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Introduced June 21, 2018
Latest Major Action Aug. 2, 2018

Bill Sponsor

Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.)

Bill Cosponsors

24 (23 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)
Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)
Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Darren Soto (D-Fla.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)
Albio Sires (D-N.J.)
Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)
Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.)
Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.)
Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)
Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)
José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)
Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)
Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.)
Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)
Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Mass.)
Leonard Lance (R-N.J.)
André Carson (D-Ind.)
Scott Peters (D-Calif.)
Grace Meng (D-N.Y.)
Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

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Introduced in House - June 21, 2018

Bill Summary

Reunite Children With Their Parents Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to reunite an alien who entered the United States with the alien's minor child (under the age of 18) who was separated from the child pending prosecution for improper entry or the adjudication of an asylum application.

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Date	Description
Aug. 2, 2018	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
June 21, 2018	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
June 21, 2018	Introduced in the House by Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.)

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