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Section-by-Section of Goodlatte H.R. 5137 (Goodlatte UAC Bill)
7/18/14
AILA Doc. No. 14072149.
Admissions & Border, Detention & Bond, Expedited Removal, Humanitarian Parole, Removal & Relief, Unaccompanied Children
An AILA section-by-section of H.R. 5137, the “Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act,” introduced by Reps. Goodlatte (R-VA) and Chaffetz (R-UT). The bill seeks to “to stop the surge of children, teenagers, and families from Central America seeking to enter the United States illegally.”
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 14072149.
Related Resources
- Text of H.R. 5137
- Talking Points on important protections under the TVPRA (authored by the Women’s Refugee Commission, First Focus Campaign for Children, The Voices and Faces Project and AILA). (7/11/2014) (AILA Doc. No. 14071145.)
- AILA Recommendations on Legal Standards and Protections for Unaccompanied Children (7/8/2014) (AILA Doc. No. 14070847.)