The Upholding Protections for Unaccompanied Children Act of 2025 removes fees and restrictions that affect unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S. immigration system. The bill exempts current and former unaccompanied children from various fees, including asylum application fees, employment authorization fees, special immigrant juvenile status fees, and immigration court fees. It also removes provisions that would allow intrusive body examinations of children and prevents the Department of Health and Human Services from sharing sponsor information with immigration enforcement agencies. Within 180 days of enactment, the government must refund any fees previously paid by unaccompanied children under the provisions this bill modifies. The legislation targets protections established in prior immigration law that the bill's sponsors argue had been weakened.
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