S. 1297: Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2025
Quick Facts:
Bill Sponsor: Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Congress: 119
Date Introduced: April 3, 2025
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (April 3, 2025)
Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2025
This bill--
- Requires the government to provide unaccompanied alien children (UAC) with taxpayer-funded counsel.
- Requires the government to create ethical standards of representation for counsel of unaccompanied children.
- Requires DHS to provide access to counsel at all detention facilities.
- Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop infrastructure for identification, recruitment, training, and oversight of counsel available to provide assistance and representation to unaccompanied children.
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) (April 3, 2025)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) (April 7, 2025)
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) (April 7, 2025)