119th (2025–2027)
H.R. 6389
H.R. 6389, the "Upholding Protections for Unaccompanied Children Act of 2025," aims to overturn or modify several provisions of the 2025 "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" that the bill's sponsors argue harm vulnerable migrant children. Specifically, the legislation would eliminate all asylum, work authorization, and immigration court fees imposed on unaccompanied children, repeal a fee on special immigrant juvenile status applications, and refund fees already paid by affected children within 180 days of enactment. The bill would also strike provisions allowing physical body examinations of children without safeguards and would prohibit the government from sharing information about children's family sponsors with immigration enforcement agencies—a practice the bill argues has deterred relatives from sponsoring children and has resulted in family separations. Additionally, the bill repeals provisions that allow the Trump administration to summarily remove unaccompanied children without proper legal proceedings and screening for trafficking concerns, as required by the 2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. The legislation affects unaccompanied migrant children and would restore protections these youth previously received under federal law.