Protect Children of Immigrant Workers Act
Latest action · Jul 21, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4354-4355)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 21, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect Children of Immigrant Workers Act
This bill provides protections for an alien minor whose parent is the principal beneficiary of an employment-based immigrant petition.
Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall not detain or remove such a minor. The minor shall be eligible for nonimmigrant status, either dependent on the parent's status or otherwise, until a decision has been made on the minor's application for lawful permanent resident status.
Such a minor shall also qualify as a derivative beneficiary child for immigrant visa purposes starting from the approval of the parent's employment-based immigration petition until a decision has been made on the minor's application for permanent resident status, even if the parent is deceased.
These protections shall not apply if DHS determines that the minor poses a threat to public safety or national security.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jul 21, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4354-4355)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2020Introduced in Senate
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