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This bill, the Humane Treatment of Migrant Children Act, aims to limit the separation of families at or near ports of entry, provide access to counsel for unaccompanied alien children, and improve immigration detention. Key provisions include: - Prohibiting government agents from separating children from their parents or legal guardians, except in limited circumstances, and requiring written documentation and evidence for any such separations. - Requiring the development of training and guidance for agents on making separation determinations, with a focus on the best interests of the child. - Establishing presumptions in favor of family unity, keeping sibling groups together, and avoiding detention of families and children. - Mandating policies to help parents and guardians locate and receive information about separated children. - Providing government-appointed counsel, at government expense, for unaccompanied alien children in immigration proceedings. - Requiring access to counsel for all aliens detained by immigration authorities. - Prioritizing detention of aliens who pose a threat to national security or public safety, and establishing a presumption against detaining certain vulnerable populations. - Increasing the number of immigration judges and strengthening merit-based hiring and due process protections. The bill aims to ensure the humane treatment of migrant children and families while navigating immigration proceedings.

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