Upholding Protections for Unaccompanied Children Act of 2025

This bill would change parts of Public Law 119-21 as they apply to unaccompanied immigrant children. It would exempt anyone who is, or was found to be, an unaccompanied child from several immigration fees, including asylum, work permit, immigration court, in absentia removal, and border apprehension fees. It would repeal the special immigrant juvenile fee and bar the Department of Homeland Security from charging any fee for that status. It would remove provisions on body examinations by the Office of Refugee Resettlement and the Department of Homeland Security, and it would bar sharing sponsor information gathered by Health and Human Services with federal agencies for immigration enforcement. Fees already paid under the changed provisions would be refunded within 180 days.

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Sponsors

• Catherine Cortez Masto Democrat sponsor
• 21 cosponsors