Section 1 Repatriation of unaccompanied alien children
Section 235(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232(a)) is amended—
in paragraph (2)—
by amending the heading to read as follows: “Rules for unaccompanied alien children.”;
in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “who is a national or habitual resident of a country that is contiguous with the United States”; and
in subparagraph (C)—
by amending the heading to read as follows: “Agreements with foreign countries.”; and
in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “countries contiguous to the United States” and inserting “any foreign country that the Secretary determines appropriate”; and
in paragraph (5)(D), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “, except for an unaccompanied alien child from a contiguous country subject to the exceptions under subsection (a)(2),” and inserting “who does not meet the criteria listed in paragraph (2)(A)”.