Sec. 211. Clarification of unaccompanied child determination procedures
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Section 235(c)(1) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Such policies and programs shall be available to unaccompanied alien children regardless of whether they are or have ever been in Federal custody. . Section 235(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1232(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (2)(A), by striking the Secretary of Homeland Security and inserting an asylum officer (as defined in section 235(b)(1)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( ; and 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(E) )) in paragraph
(4)by inserting by an asylum officer after the child shall be screened . Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the head of any other Federal agency the Secretary of Homeland Security considers appropriate, and child welfare advocates, shall complete an analysis of the efficacy of the law, including regulations, relating to unaccompanied alien children from contiguous countries (in effect as of the date on which the analysis is completed), including the efficacy of such laws in providing access to protection for victims of trafficking and children fleeing persecution. Not later than 60 days after the date on which each analysis required by paragraph
(1)is completed, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the analysis. Not later than 180 days after the date on which each report is submitted under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall make the report available to the public on an internet website of the Department of Homeland Security.
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