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This bill, the Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act, aims to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to address the custody of alien children accompanied by their parents. The key provisions include: (1) prohibiting the government from separating accompanied alien children from their parents, with limited exceptions; (2) requiring the government to temporarily house accompanied alien children and their parents in family residential centers during civil or criminal proceedings; (3) increasing the number of available family residential beds by at least 1,000; (4) requiring the government to secure written permission from state and local officials before constructing or operating any new immigration detention sites; and (5) increasing the number of immigration judge teams by at least 225 to prioritize proceedings for accompanied alien children and families.

Justice, Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6181/all-info