Sec. 12. Accountability for children and taxpayers
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Section 235(b) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall conduct regular inspections of facilities used by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide care and custody of unaccompanied alien children who are in the immediate custody of the Secretary to ensure that such facilities are operated in an efficient and effective manner while also ensuring— the safety of unaccompanied alien children; and that unaccompanied alien children— have access to information relevant to their removal proceedings and claims for relief; and are able to communicate efficaciously with their legal representatives.
The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall conduct regular inspections of facilities, including temporary facilities and facilities built or obtained for use to deal with an irregular migration influx, used by the Secretary of Homeland Security in which unaccompanied alien children and family units are detained, to ensure that— such facilities are operated in an efficient and effective manner; and unaccompanied alien child and family units— have access to information relevant to their removal proceedings and claims for relief; and are able to communicate efficaciously with their legal representatives.
Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall each submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report detailing, for each facility described in subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of paragraph (5), respectively— the average daily cost for each unaccompanied alien child housed or detained at such facility; the average cost over the entire system; and in the case of such a facility the average daily cost per child of which significantly exceeds the average cost over the entire system, an explanation of expenditures. .
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Accountability for children and taxpayers
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