[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 10, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1390-S1391]
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SA 276. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 178, to provide justice for the victims of
trafficking; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. TREATMENT OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.
Section 235(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C.
1232(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking the paragraph heading and inserting
``Special rules for unaccompanied alien children.--'';
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(B) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause
(i), by striking ``who is a national or habitual resident of
a country that is contiguous with the United States''; and
(C) in subparagraph (C)--
(i) by striking the subparagraph heading and inserting
``Agreements with foreign countries.''; and
(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
``contiguous to the United States'' and inserting
``contiguous to the United States, Belize, Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and other
any foreign country that the Secretary determines
appropriate''; and
(2) in paragraph (5)(D), in the matter preceding clause
(i), by striking ``, except for an unaccompanied alien child
from a contiguous country subject to the exceptions under
subsection (a)(2),'' and inserting ``who does not meet the
criteria listed in paragraph (2)(A)''.
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