Transparency of Migration Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section would let the Act be called the Transparency of Migration Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparency of Migration Act .
2: Public availability of information relating to individuals processed through U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Department of Health and Human Services facilities
This section would require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make certain information public on the websites of their own departments. The information would cover individuals unlawfully present in the United States who are either apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and then sent to a federally owned or run detention center or released into the United States, or who are processed through a Department of Health and Human Services facility. The published information would have to include the daily number of such individuals, their countries of origin, their ages and genders, the states to which they have been released or sent, and the number and types of any criminal convictions such individuals have. This section would require the information to be updated weekly.
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2. Public availability of information relating to individuals processed through U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Department of Health and Human Services facilities (a) In general The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make available to the public on the websites of their respective departments’ information described in subsection (b) relating to individuals unlawfully present in the United States who are— (1) apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and sent to a federally owned or run detention center or released into the United States; or (2) processed through a Department of Health and Human Services facility. (b) Information described Information described in this subsection is information relating to the following: (1) The daily number of individuals described in subsection (a). (2) The countries of origins of such individuals. (3) The ages and genders of such individuals. (4) The States to which such individuals have been either released or sent. (5) The number and types of criminal convictions, if any, such individuals possess. (c) Updates Information under this section shall be updated weekly.