FEINGOLD. CANTWELL. and KERRY. This important legislation will govern the way the Federal Government treats undocumented immigrant children who end up or show up all alone at our borders or within the United States. I first introduced legislation similar to this bill in January 2001. It has now passed twice out of the Senate. Yet. unfortunately. both times it stalled In the House of Representatives. Despite the passage of time. this bill remains vital to the proper treatment of young undocumented children who get caught within our Federal system. My hope is that this is the year that this bill will become law. Every year. more than 7.000 undocumented and unaccompanied children are apprehended. Most are from Central America. but others come from Mexico. India.
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