Importantly. our proactive efforts to help countries identify incoming child predators will also encourage them to alert us when those foreigners convicted of sex offenses against children attempt. themselves. to enter into the United States. In particular. this bill officially recognizes an Angel Watch center within the Department of Homeland Securitys Child Exploitation Investigations Unit. Operation Angel Watch originated as a partnership with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and currently collects and analyzes the foreign travel data of convicted child sex offenders to determine whether notification to U.S. officials or foreign governments is warranted. Last year alone. Angel Watch sent over 2.000 leads to nearly 100 countries as part of this effort to proactively and strategically alert international law enforcement.
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