US Congress House Bill 182 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion who is the parent of a U.S. citizen child, to authorize an immigration judge to decline to order such removal if the judge determines that such action is against the child's best interests. States that such discretion shall not apply with respect to an alien whom the judge determines: (1) is excludable or deportable on security grounds; or (2) has engaged in sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking in persons.

To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.

Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D-TX]
Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-09		Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
2009-01-06		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/182/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr182/BILLS-111hr182ih.pdf