PROKID Act

This bill would create an Office of the Ombudsperson for Immigrant Children in Immigration Custody within the Department of Health and Human Services, independent of the Office of Refugee Resettlement and the Department of Homeland Security. The Ombudsperson would monitor and visit facilities holding immigrant children, investigate complaints of abuse or poor conditions, run a toll-free complaint line, and report to Congress each year. The bill would require the Office of Refugee Resettlement to collect data on children in its custody and publish it online monthly, and it would bar using that data for immigration or law enforcement. It would also set up an expert advisory committee, an agreement with Homeland Security to share custody information, and an interagency working group.

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Sponsors

• Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors