H.R. 5118 — Introduced in House

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5118 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 15, 2014 Mr. Terry (for himself, Mrs. Black, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Lance, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Long, Mr. Kline, and Mr. McClintock) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Attorney General to report to Congress on the numbers of aliens unlawfully present in the United States who appear and fail to appear before immigration judges for proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparent Report of Alien Children’s Safety Act of 2014. 2. Monthly reports on certain matters before immigration judges Not later than the second Monday after the date of the enactment of this Act, and the first Monday of each month thereafter through March 30, 2017 (or the next business day when Monday occurs on a Federal holiday), the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and make publicly available on the Internet websites of the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security a report that includes— (1) the number of aliens unlawfully present in the United States who have appeared before an immigration judge (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)) for proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a) during the previous month; (2) a State-by-State breakdown of, during the previous month, the number of aliens unlawfully present in the United States who— (A) have appeared before an immigration judge for proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a); (B) in the case of unaccompanied alien children, have been placed in each State by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1232) pending proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a); (C) have failed to appear before an immigration judge after receiving written notice regarding a required appearance in proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a); and (D) have failed to appear before an immigration judge and are under the age of 18 years old after receiving written notice regarding a required appearance in proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a); and (3) a State-by-State breakdown of, during the previous year, the number of aliens unlawfully present in the United States who— (A) have failed to make any appearance before an immigration judge after receiving written notice regarding each required appearance in proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a); and (B) have failed to make two or more appearances before an immigration judge after receiving written notice regarding each required appearance in proceedings under section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a).