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The "End Child Trafficking Now Act" requires adults entering the U.S. with a minor to prove their familial relationship through documentation or DNA testing, and criminalizes the act of "recycling" minors for illegal entry.
Marsha Blackburn
Senator
TN
Marsha Blackburn
Senator
TN
The "End Child Trafficking Now Act" aims to prevent child trafficking by requiring adults entering the U.S. with a minor to prove their familial relationship through documentation or DNA testing. Refusal to take a DNA test after providing insufficient evidence results in inadmissibility, and the child will be treated as an unaccompanied alien. The act also criminalizes the act of "recycling" minors, which is defined as adults using the same minor more than once to enter the United States.
The PRINTS Act aims to prevent child trafficking by mandating fingerprinting of noncitizen children and criminalizing the act of adults using minors to gain entry into the U.S.
Marsha Blackburn
Senator
TN
Marsha Blackburn
Senator
TN
The PRINTS Act aims to prevent child trafficking by requiring the Department of Homeland Security to collect fingerprints from noncitizen children under 14 entering the U.S. when trafficking is suspected. It criminalizes adults who exploit minors to gain entry into the U.S. and mandates information sharing between Homeland Security and Health and Human Services. The Act also requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide annual reports to Congress and publish monthly data on apprehensions of child traffickers.