US Congress House Resolution 708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-0)
Status: Introduced on April 27 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-05-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the immigration policies of the United States should reduce automatic removal and detention, restore due process for immigrants, and repeal unnecessary barriers to legal immigration. Supports immigration legislation that: acknowledges that immigrants and their families have inherent dignity and are deserving of human rights; restores immigration system fairness by updating the definition of "aggravated felony"; restores discretion to immigration judges to waive grounds of inadmissibility and deportability based on family and community equities, humanitarian considerations, other individualized circumstances, or because it is in the public interest; restores judicial review of case decisions to protect due process; eliminates mandatory detention and prolonged detention for immigrants and preserves the Department of Homeland Security's authority to exercise detention discretion; repeals programs that permit local law authorities to enforce federal immigration laws; and repeals the 3-year, 10-year, and permanent bars and other unnecessary barriers to legal immigration.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the immigration policies of the United States should reduce automatic removal and detention, restore due process for immigrants, and repeal unnecessary barriers to legal immigration.

Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2016-04-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2016-04-27	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/708/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hres708/BILLS-114hres708ih.pdf