Sec. 602. Family reunification
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The Secretary shall reallocate resources to expedite the immediate reunification of each child separated from a parent or legal guardian at or near a port of entry or within 100 miles of the border, or otherwise removed from a parent or legal guardian by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, or any agent or agency thereof, if the prior removal was not in conformity with section 601, regardless of when the separation took place.
Consistent with the laws of the State in which the child is located, only an order from a court of competent jurisdiction may terminate the rights of a parent or legal guardian, including the rights of a parent or legal guardian separated from a child in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security.