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Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule; Update To Accord With Statutory Requirements
The Children and Families Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on March 25, 2025. It took effect on March 25, 2025. Comments closed on May 27, 2025.
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What the agency says
ORR is amending a regulation so that it comports with the express language of the governing legislation. That regulation relates to key aspects of the placement, care, and services provided to unaccompanied alien children (UACs) referred to ORR, pursuant to ORR's responsibilities for coordinating and implementing the care and placement of UACs who are in Federal custody by reason of their immigration status under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) and the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA).
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-04971
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Interim final rule with comment period (IFR)
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Children and Families Administration
- Published
- March 25, 2025
- Takes effect
- March 25, 2025
- Comments due
- May 27, 2025
- Dates
- This IFR is effective March 25, 2025. Comments on this IFR must be received on or before May 27, 2025.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0970-AD16
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 45 CFR 410
- Pages
- 3
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