US lawmakers introduce bill on migrant children

[JURIST] Texas lawmakers Senator John Cornyn (R) and Representative Henry Cuellar (D) introduced bipartisan legislation [press release] Tuesday that would change a current border protection law to allow the US government to more easily deport Central American minors that have crossed the US-Mexico border. The bill, referred to as the HUMANE Act [text, PDF], an acronym for Helping Unaccompanied Minors and Alleviating National Emergency would rewrite [WP report] the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 [text], which...

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