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119-hr-7538119th Congress

Migrant Child Safety Act

Sponsored By: Representative Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]

Introduced

Summary

Stronger vetting and tracking of sponsors for unaccompanied migrant children. This bill would require the Department of Health and Human Services to share detailed sponsor information with the Department of Homeland Security, verify living arrangements in person, require bonds and monitoring for some sponsors, and report missing children when follow up fails.

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  • Families and children: Parents would be contacted using available information and any child whose sponsor cannot be reached within 120 days would be reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
  • Sponsors and household members: Sponsors must provide detailed identity and contact information, submit background checks for all adult household members, and non-U.S. citizen sponsors would need to consent to electronic monitoring that may include GPS.
  • Immigration and enforcement: DHS would get sponsor data, promptly check immigration status, and could consider initiating removal proceedings for sponsors found to be unlawfully present and not already in proceedings.
  • State and local agencies: Within 30 days of placement HHS would give the sponsor information and other child-related records to the appropriate state or local health or welfare agency.

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Stricter rules for child sponsors

If you sponsor an unaccompanied alien child, you would have to give HHS detailed ID and contact information. That includes your Social Security number, birth date, proof of address, background-check results, immigration status, and any papers proving relation. HHS would do at least one in-person home visit before placing the child. If you are not a U.S. citizen, you would need to accept electronic monitoring, which may include GPS. You would have to post a DHS-set bond of at least $5,000 to secure the child's immigration appearances. DHS would check your immigration status and could start removal proceedings if you are unlawfully present. HHS would give state or local child-welfare agencies sponsor and child information within 30 days after placement and would try to contact the child's parents. If HHS cannot reach the sponsor within 120 days, it would report the child as missing to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. These rules would apply to children apprehended on or after 30 days after enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]

WI • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/12/2026

  • Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 2/12/2026

  • Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/12/2026

  • Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 2/12/2026

  • Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]

    LA • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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