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This bill would require the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services to post public information on their websites about certain people who are in the United States without legal status and are processed by border or health-related facilities. The information would be updated every week and would help the public see how many people are involved, where they come from, where they are sent or released, and whether they have criminal convictions. The goal is to make the process more transparent.
- It covers people who are apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and either sent to a federally run detention center or released into the United States.
- It also covers people processed through a Department of Health and Human Services facility.
- The websites would show the daily number of people, their countries of origin, their ages and genders, and the states where they are released or sent.
- The departments would also report the number and types of criminal convictions, if any, for these individuals.
Official Summaries
Transparency of Migration Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make publicly available online certain information about individuals unlawfully present in the United States who are (1) apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and sent to a federal detention center or released into the United States, or (2) processed through an HHS facility.
This information must be updated weekly and must include daily numbers, the country of origin of such individuals, and other details.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 299 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 299
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services to make available to the public on the
websites of their respective departments certain information relating
to individuals processed through U.S. Customs and Border Protection or
Department of Health and Human Services facilities, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 9, 2025
Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services to make available to the public on the
websites of their respective departments certain information relating
to individuals processed through U.S. Customs and Border Protection or
Department of Health and Human Services facilities, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency of Migration Act''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS
PROCESSED THROUGH U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OR
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FACILITIES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security and the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make available to the
public on the websites of their respective departments' information
described in subsection (b) relating to individuals unlawfully present
in the United States who are--
(1) apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and
sent to a federally owned or run detention center or released
into the United States; or
(2) processed through a Department of Health and Human
Services facility.
(b) Information Described.--Information described in this
subsection is information relating to the following:
(1) The daily number of individuals described in subsection
(a).
(2) The countries of origins of such individuals.
(3) The ages and genders of such individuals.
(4) The States to which such individuals have been either
released or sent.
(5) The number and types of criminal convictions, if any,
such individuals possess.
(c) Updates.--Information under this section shall be updated
weekly.
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