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Original Date Announced
June 26, 2026The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing stricter vetting of in-country sponsors for unaccompanied minors in the agency's custody. ORR proposes reinstating a proof of income requirement as part of the sponsor vetting process, limiting the acceptable documents that can be used to prove a sponsor's identity to mostly U.S.-issued forms of ID, and requiring fingerprint-based background checks for all potential sponsors—including parents—and all adult members of a sponsor's household. The NPRM would also authorize ORR to examine unaccompanied minors for "gang-related tattoos and other gang-related markings" when assessing whether a child poses a danger to self or others, and to cover those markings while the child remains in ORR care. Comments are due by August 25, 2026.
Trump 2.0 [ID #2333]
2026.06.26 ORR NPRM - Changes to unaccompanied minor sponsorship vetting
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