On the recordJune 27, 2018
I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Espaillat moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6136 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: In section 1, in the heading, strike ``; table of contents''. In subsection (a) of section 1, strike the enumerator and the heading. Strike subsection (b) of section 1 and all that follows through the end of the bill, and insert the following: SEC. 2. PROTECTING IMMIGRANT CHILDREN FROM GOVERNMENT- SPONSORED ABUSE. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, judicial determination, consent decree, or settlement agreement, no officer or employee of the United States may detain an alien who entered the United States with the alien's child who has not attained 18 years of age separately from such child for the purpose of deterring immigration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
