Upholding Protections for Unaccompanied Children Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 22
- Latest action
- Jan 7, 2026
What it does
The Upholding Protections for Unaccompanied Children Act of 2025 would eliminate or exempt certain fees for unaccompanied alien children, including asylum, employment authorization, special immigrant juvenile, immigration court, and border apprehension fees, and repeal the special immigrant juvenile fee provision entirely. It would also restrict body examinations conducted by federal agencies and prohibit the Office of Refugee Resettlement from sharing sponsor information with the Department of Homeland Security for immigration enforcement purposes. Additionally, the bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General to refund any fees previously paid by or on behalf…
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