John Cornyn: “This bill also requires Health and Human Services to conduct…”

“But this bill requires HHS to obtain information about potential sponsors and any person, all persons who live in that sponsor's household before a child is placed with them. And it bars criminal alien sponsors from being allowed to assume custody of these children. This bill also requires Health and Human Services to conduct mandatory checks on all unaccompanied children, including considering whether a unaccompanied child poses a danger to themselves or the community. contacting the consulate or embassy or their home country and vetting them for ties to criminal organizations. As I said, some of these children were very vulnerable, but others were almost grown men in many instances.” (02:58–03:12)

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