Bill > S3478

This bill, the Fixing America's Marred Immigration Laws to Improve and Ensure Security (FAMILIES) Act, aims to: 1) Increase accountability and oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, including through mandatory inspections and reports on family detention facilities, unaccompanied alien children, asylum claims, and immigration enforcement. 2) Enhance border security technology acquisition and management, including requiring written acquisition plans, adherence to internal controls, and plans for testing and evaluation. 3) Establish a "Secure Mail Initiative" to allow recipients of certain immigration documents to request delivery with USPS hold for pickup or signature confirmation services, with fees to cover the full costs. 4) Provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with additional hiring and retention flexibilities, such as direct hiring authority and bonuses, to address recruitment challenges in rural or remote areas. 5) Reauthorize and expand the Anti-Border Corruption Act's waiver authority for polygraph requirements for certain law enforcement officers seeking positions with CBP. 6) Prohibit the separation of accompanied alien children from their parents, with limited exceptions, and require their detention together in family residential centers during legal proceedings.

Military Affairs and Security

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