HR8804-118

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family Reunification Act of 2024.

2. Requirement to DNA test family units Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue regulations to require the rapid DNA testing of each alien lacking authorization to enter the United States and presenting as a member of a family unit, either at a U.S. port of entry or upon apprehension between such ports. If such test— demonstrates an immediate family relationship, then the family unit may be detained as a unit, pending the confirmation of such results by laboratory DNA testing; or does not demonstrate an immediate family relationship, then the family unit shall be separated, pending the confirmation of such results by laboratory DNA testing. In the case that an immediate family relationship is not demonstrated pursuant to paragraph (1), any child with family unit shall be considered an unaccompanied alien child (as such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002). For the purposes of this subsection, the term family unit means two or more aliens, including at least one alien minor child and at least one alien adult presenting as such child’s parent or legal guardian. (i)(1)The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue regulations to require the rapid DNA testing of each alien lacking authorization to enter the United States and presenting as a member of a family unit, either at a U.S. port of entry or upon apprehension between such ports. If such test—(A)demonstrates an immediate family relationship, then the family unit may be detained as a unit, pending the confirmation of such results by laboratory DNA testing; or(B)does not demonstrate an immediate family relationship, then the family unit shall be separated, pending the confirmation of such results by laboratory DNA testing.(2)In the case that an immediate family relationship is not demonstrated pursuant to paragraph (1), any child with family unit shall be considered an unaccompanied alien child (as such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002).(3)For the purposes of this subsection, the term family unit means two or more aliens, including at least one alien minor child and at least one alien adult presenting as such child’s parent or legal guardian. .