Upholding Protections for Unaccompanied Children Act of 2025
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-12-03
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Upholding Protections for Unaccompanied Children Act of 2025” Read the full text
Immigration
What it does
The bill changes fee and screening rules in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for unaccompanied children. It exempts them from fees for asylum applications, work permits, immigration court, border apprehension, and in absentia removal, and it removes the fee for special immigrant juvenile status entirely. It also repeals provisions allowing certain body examinations of these children in federal custody, bars sharing their sponsors' information with immigration enforcement, and requires refunds of fees already paid.
Written by AI from the complete official bill text and independently fact-checked against it. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-12-03
In the House.
Committee, then floor votes in both chambers · next
Official documents
The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-12. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
2%
of bills introduced became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=16,213)
46
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSvia AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
3 filingsCONFERENCE OF PROVINCIALS OF NORTH AMERICAvia NATIONAL ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE SISTERS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
1 filingKIDS IN NEED OF DEFENSEvia KIDS IN NEED OF DEFENSE
1 filingFrom 5 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security. (2025-12-04).