▁H . R . ▁ 7 3 1 1 , ▁William ▁Wil ber force ▁Tra ff ick ing ▁Vict ims ▁Prote ction ▁Re author ization ▁Act ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁signed ▁into ▁law ▁by ▁George ▁W . ▁Bush ▁give ▁substantial ▁rights ▁and ▁protection ▁to ▁un ac comp an ied ▁children ▁from ▁countries ▁which ▁do ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁common ▁border ▁with ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁This ▁made ▁exp edit ious ▁deport ation ▁of ▁the ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁children ▁from ▁Central ▁America ▁difficult ▁and ▁expensive , ▁prompt ing ▁a ▁call ▁by ▁President ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama ▁for ▁an ▁emer gency ▁appropri ation ▁of ▁nearly ▁$ 4 ▁billion ▁and ▁resulted ▁in ▁discuss ions ▁on ▁how ▁to ▁interpret ▁or ▁rev ise ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁law ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁exped ite ▁handling ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁un ac comp an ied ▁children . ▁ ▁Pro vis ions ▁of ▁the ▁bill ▁This ▁summary ▁is ▁based ▁largely ▁on ▁the ▁summary ▁provided ▁by ▁the ▁Cong r essional ▁Research ▁Service , ▁a ▁public ▁domain ▁source . ▁ ▁The ▁Emer gency ▁Supp lement al ▁App ropri ations ▁Act , ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁would ▁appropriate ▁supp lement al ▁funds ▁for ▁F Y 2 0 1 4 ▁to ▁specified ▁federal ▁ag encies ▁and ▁programs ▁to ▁respond ▁to ▁the ▁increased ▁app reh ensions ▁of ▁un ac comp an ied ▁children ▁and ▁min ors ▁along ▁the ▁south western ▁border , ▁fight ▁wild f ires , ▁and ▁support ▁Israel ' s ▁Iron ▁D ome ▁anti - miss ile ▁defense ▁system .