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4	4	STSESSION S. 52
5	5	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require a DNA test
6	6	to determine the familial relationship between an alien and an accom-
7	7	panying minor.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	JANUARY9, 2025
10	10	Mrs. B
11	11	LACKBURN(for herself, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DAINES, Ms.
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13	13	RNST, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. LEE, Mr.
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15	15	ICKETTS, and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following bill; which was read
16	16	twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require
19	19	a DNA test to determine the familial relationship be-
20	20	tween an alien and an accompanying minor.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
22	22	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
23	23	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
24	24	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Child Trafficking 4
25	25	Now Act’’. 5
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29	29	SEC. 2. DNA TESTING. 1
30	30	(a) I
31	31	NGENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title II of the Immi-2
32	32	gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1181 et seq.) is 3
33	33	amended by inserting after section 211 the following: 4
34	34	‘‘SEC. 211A. FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP DOCUMENTARY RE-5
35	35	QUIREMENTS. 6
36	36	‘‘(a) I
37	37	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 7
38	38	(b), an alien who has attained 18 years of age may not 8
39	39	be admitted into the United States with a minor. 9
40	40	‘‘(b) E
41	41	XCEPTIONS.—An alien described in subsection 10
42	42	(a) may be admitted into the United States with a minor 11
43	43	if— 12
44	44	‘‘(1) the alien presents to an appropriate offi-13
45	45	cial of the Department of Homeland Security— 14
46	46	‘‘(A) 1 or more documents that prove that 15
47	47	such alien is a relative or guardian of such 16
48	48	minor; and 17
49	49	‘‘(B) a witness that testifies that such 18
50	50	alien is a relative or guardian of such minor; or 19
51	51	‘‘(2) a DNA test administered by the Secretary 20
52	52	of Health and Human Services that proves such 21
53	53	alien is a relative of such minor. 22
54	54	‘‘(c) A
55	55	DMINISTRATION OF DNA TEST.—The Sec-23
56	56	retary of Homeland Security shall request, and the Sec-24
57	57	retary of Health and Human Services shall administer, a 25
58	58	DNA test only if the Secretary of Homeland Security is 26
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62	62	unable to determine, based on the evidence presented in 1
63	63	accordance with subsection (b)(1), that an adult alien is 2
64	64	a relative or guardian of the minor accompanying such 3
65	65	alien. 4
66	66	‘‘(d) D
67	67	ENIAL OFCONSENT.— 5
68	68	‘‘(1) A
69	69	LIEN.—An alien described in subsection 6
70	70	(a) is inadmissible if— 7
71	71	‘‘(A) the Secretary of Homeland Security 8
72	72	determines that such alien has presented insuf-9
73	73	ficient evidence under subsection (b)(1) to prove 10
74	74	that the alien is a relative of the minor; and 11
75	75	‘‘(B) the alien refuses to consent to a DNA 12
76	76	test. 13
77	77	‘‘(2) M
78	78	INOR.—A minor accompanying an alien 14
79	79	who is inadmissible under paragraph (1) shall be 15
80	80	treated as an unaccompanied alien child (as defined 16
81	81	in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 17
82	82	2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))). 18
83	83	‘‘(e) DNA T
84	84	ESTRESULTS.—If the results of a DNA 19
85	85	test administered pursuant to subsection (c) fail to prove 20
86	86	that an alien described in subsection (a) is a relative of 21
87	87	a minor accompanying such alien, an immigration officer 22
88	88	shall conduct such interviews as may be necessary to de-23
89	89	termine whether such alien is a relative or guardian of 24
90	90	such minor. 25
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94	94	‘‘(f) ARREST.—An immigration officer may, pursuant 1
95	95	to section 287, arrest an alien described in subsection (a) 2
96	96	if the immigration officer— 3
97	97	‘‘(1) determines, after conducting interviews 4
98	98	pursuant to subsection (e), that such alien is not re-5
99	99	lated to the minor accompanying the alien; and 6
100	100	‘‘(2) has reason to believe that such alien is 7
101	101	guilty of a felony offense, including the offenses of 8
102	102	human trafficking, recycling of a minor, or alien 9
103	103	smuggling. 10
104	104	‘‘(g) D
105	105	EFINITIONS.—In this section— 11
106	106	‘‘(1) M
107	107	INOR.—The term ‘minor’ means an alien 12
108	108	who has not attained 18 years of age. 13
109	109	‘‘(2) R
110	110	ECYCLING.—The term ‘recycling’ means 14
111	111	that a minor is being used to enter the United 15
112	112	States on more than 1 occasion by an alien who has 16
113	113	attained 18 years of age and is not the relative or 17
114	114	the guardian of such minor; 18
115	115	‘‘(3) R
116	116	ELATIVE.—The term ‘relative’ means an 19
117	117	individual related by consanguinity within the second 20
118	118	degree, as determined by common law.’’. 21
119	119	(b) C
120	120	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 22
121	121	for the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 23
122	122	note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to 24
123	123	section 211 the following: 25
124	124	‘‘Sec. 211A. Familial relationship documentary requirements.’’.
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128	128	SEC. 3. CRIMINALIZING RECYCLING OF MINORS. 1
129	129	(a) I
130	130	NGENERAL.—Chapter 69 of title 18, United 2
131	131	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-3
132	132	lowing: 4
133	133	‘‘§ 1430. Recycling of minors 5
134	134	‘‘(a) I
135	135	NGENERAL.—Any person 18 years of age or 6
136	136	older who knowingly uses, for the purpose of entering the 7
137	137	United States, a minor to whom the individual is not a 8
138	138	relative or guardian, shall be fined under this title, impris-9
139	139	oned not more than 10 years, or both. 10
140	140	‘‘(b) R
141	141	ELATIVE.—In this section, the term ‘relative’ 11
142	142	means an individual related by consanguinity within the 12
143	143	second degree, as determined by common law.’’. 13
144	144	(b) C
145	145	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis 14
146	146	for chapter 69 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 15
147	147	by adding at the end the following: 16
148	148	‘‘1430. Recycling of minors.’’.
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