Sec. 101. Northern triangle migrant surge strategic response plan
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Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to Congress a strategic response plan to manage the Northern Triangle Migrant Surge that focuses on strengthening policies, procedures, practices, and training to ensure timely and fair processing of individuals apprehended at the southern border of the United States that seek asylum under the law, including the provision of immediate protection and humanitarian care. The President shall direct the leadership of the following departments and agencies to change policies, procedures, practices, and training to conform with the response plan required under paragraph
(1)within 90 days of the issuance of the strategic response plan: Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Department of Health and Human Services, including the Office of Refugee and Resettlement. The strategic response plan required under this section shall focus primarily on the following: How to ensure timely and fair processing of individuals apprehended at the southern border of the United States that seek asylum under the law, including by eliminating practices such as metering and the Migrant Protection Protocols. How to provide immediate care and humanitarian protection to individuals apprehended at the southern border of the United States who seek asylum under the law and arrive with family members, are pregnant women, unaccompanied children, elderly, and other vulnerable populations. How to ensure that at each stage of custody of individuals apprehended at the southern border of the United States that seek asylum under the law the individuals receive appropriate medical screening and medical care, the provision of regular meals and water, the availability of sanitary, and safe shelter with access to bathroom and shower facilities, basic toiletries and hygiene items, such as toilet paper, soap, toothbrushes, and diapers and feminine hygiene products. How to adequately scale holding space capacity and operational personnel to respond to surges of such individuals in a timely manner, as well as identify any capability gaps that may require resources outside of the Department. How to ensure compliance with the Flores settlement agreement, which includes the transfer of unaccompanied alien children to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services within 72 hours of determining that a child is an unaccompanied alien child. What oversight mechanisms will be established or augmented to ensure compliance with the strategic response plan. In developing the strategic response plan required under this section, the President shall consider management alerts issued by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General on May 30, 2019, and July 2, 2019, and any related successor report.