Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act
This bill establishes rules for the care of unaccompanied alien children (under age 18) in detention. It also revises rules for the detention of aliens who commit violent crimes and expands the grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for alien gang members.
The bill revises asylum provisions and imposes criminal penalties for asylum fraud.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-30 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. | House committee actions |
| 2018-06-19 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-19 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-19 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |