Sec. 231.
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Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the following: A plan to ensure access to legal counsel for individuals returned to Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols, including options for video teleconferencing; A plan developed in consultation with the Department of State to address the safety and security of such individuals;
A plan to ensure that each such individual is offered a briefing, prior to being so returned, on their legal rights and obligations, which shall be in their primary spoken language to the greatest extent possible; A plan developed in consultation with the Department of Justice for prioritizing the immigration proceedings of such individuals; and Policy documents that define categories of vulnerable individuals who should not be so returned, including: pregnant women; individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender; and mentally or physically disabled individuals.
For purposes of this section, Migrant Protection Protocols means the actions taken by the Secretary to implement the memorandum dated January 25, 2019 entitled “Policy Guidance for the Implantation Implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols”.