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Dossier Legislative introduced 29-oct-2026
Bill introduced in Congress — not yet passed by either chamber, and not law.

To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide counsel for unaccompanied alien children in immigration proceedings, and for other purposes.

Key claim: This House bill would require the Department of Health and Human Services to provide lawyers for unaccompanied migrant children in their immigration court cases.

Abstract

(HR10943 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2026-10-29): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Why this matters

Unaccompanied migrant children currently have no guaranteed right to a lawyer in immigration court, even though they face the same removal process as adults. Directing HHS to furnish counsel would alter the practical balance of due process for a population that often cannot read charging documents or navigate asylum claims alone. The bill remains at the referral stage, so its effect is prospective and contested.

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To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide counsel for unaccompanied alien children in immigration proceedings, and for other purposes.
Stage: introduced · congress · 29-oct-2026

If you are an unaccompanied child in immigration court, this bill would — if enacted — give you a government-provided lawyer, but it has only been introduced and does not change current proceedings.

This House bill would require the Department of Health and Human Services to provide lawyers for unaccompanied migrant children in their immigration court cases.

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Externo: congress:119-hr-10943:introduced

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