Contact Congress about H.R. 6145: Immigration Court Efficiency and Children's Court Act of 2023

Children who came to the U.S. without a parent or legal guardian would have a special court track. Judges and government lawyers would get child-focused training, and hearings would have extra protections.

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Immigration Court Efficiency and Children's Court Act of 2023 is a House bill in Congress.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects unaccompanied children in immigration court. It also affects immigration judges, Department of Homeland Security lawyers, the Office of Refugee Resettlement, legal service groups, sponsors, and Congress. Each group would have new duties, limits, or information to work with.

Why this matters: Immigration court can be hard for children to understand, and this bill would create a court track built around children’s needs. It could change how quickly cases move, how children take part in hearings, and how often safety or family needs are considered. It could also affect how much information sponsors feel safe giving to the government. The bill does not say exactly how much the system would cost or how much it would reduce backlogs.

Key provisions in H.R. 6145

• Creates a formal Children’s Court inside the current immigration court system. It would be made up of special children’s dockets run by the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
• Children’s dockets would handle many deportation cases involving unaccompanied children. This applies when the person was under 18 when the case began and was identified as unaccompanied, or when a judge sends the case there, unless the child chooses regular court.
• The head of the immigration court agency must divide courts into geographic regions. The agency must also name a Chief Children’s Judge and regional Assistant Chief Children’s Judges with child-related experience and special qualifications.
• Children’s Court judges must get training before serving and every year after that. The training must cover children’s immigration claims, child development, trauma, questioning children, best interests, human trafficking, and how to explain court to children.
• The immigration court agency may not judge Children’s Court judges by numeric case quotas if that could harm fairness. It also may not use other performance rules that could hurt fair justice or the child’s best interests.

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What is H.R. 6145?

Children who came to the U.S. without a parent or legal guardian would have a special court track. Judges and government lawyers would get child-focused training, and hearings would have extra protections.

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