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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14Section 87001 › Proposal

A potential sponsor is anyone applying for custody of the child

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 87001, Sec. 87001. Written by .

A potential sponsor is anyone applying for custody of the child

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What the document says

“The term ``potential sponsor'' means an individual or entity who applies for the custody of an unaccompanied alien child.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 87001

The section defines a potential sponsor as an individual or entity applying for custody of an unaccompanied alien child, and takes the meaning of unaccompanied alien child from section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

What the document actually says

“The term ``potential sponsor'' means an individual or entity who applies for the custody of an unaccompanied alien child.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 87001
That sentence, in plain words

The term covers anyone who asks to take a child in. It may be a person or a body.

What this is about

The child must be an unaccompanied alien child. An older law says what that means. That law is not indexed here.

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