US Congress House Bill 883 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Grants lawful permanent resident status to certain aliens who were separated from immediate family members by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Children and their legal guardians or parents shall be eligible if DHS separated them and failed to demonstrate in a hearing that the legal guardian or parent was unfit or presented a danger to the child. Such a child shall be eligible whether he or she remained in the custody of DHS or the Office of Refugee Settlement, was released to a sponsor, or repatriated to his or her country of origin. Individuals who are inadmissible for various grounds, including those related to criminal activity or security concerns, shall not be eligible. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall grant all applications from eligible individuals for humanitarian parole or for lawful permanent resident status, and no application fees may be charged.

Families Belong Together Act

Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-01-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-01-30	House	Introduced in House

SB271 (Same As) 2019-01-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/883/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr883/BILLS-116hr883ih.pdf