Sec. 327. Notification of States and foreign governments, reporting, and monitoring
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Section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify the Governor of a State not later than 48 hours prior to the placement of an unaccompanied alien child from in custody of such Secretary in the care of a facility or sponsor in such State. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Protecting Children and America's Homeland Act of 2017 , the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to the Governor of each State in which an unaccompanied alien child was discharged to a sponsor or placed in a facility while remaining in the legal custody of the Secretary during the period beginning October 1, 2013 and ending on the date of the enactment of the Protecting Children and America's Homeland Act of 2017 .
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a monthly report to the Governor of each State in which, during the reporting period, unaccompanied alien children were discharged to a sponsor or placed in a facility while remaining in the legal custody of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Each report required to be submitted to the Governor of a State under paragraph
(2)or
(3)shall identify the number of unaccompanied alien children placed in the State during the reporting period, disaggregated by— the locality in which the aliens were placed; and the age of such aliens. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide information regarding each unaccompanied alien child to the government of the country of which the child is a national to assist such government with the identification and reunification of such child with their parent or other qualifying relative. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall— require all sponsors to agree— to receive approval from the Secretary of Health and Human Services prior to changing the location in which the sponsor is housing an unaccompanied alien child placed in the sponsor’s custody; and to provide a current address for the child and the reason for the change of address; provide regular and frequent monitoring of the physical and emotional well-being of each unaccompanied alien child who has been discharged to a sponsor or remained in the legal custody of the Secretary until the child's immigration case is resolved; and not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, provide to Congress a plan for implementing the requirements under paragraphs
(1)and (2). .
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Sec. 327
Notification of States and foreign governments, reporting, and monitoring
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