HR 2052
105th Congress
House
Immigration
Aliens
Crime and Law Enforcement
Deportation
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to cancellation of removal and waiver of exclusion for certain long-term resident aliens.
Introduced: June 25, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 1, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Jun 25, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 25, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, to make the cancellation of removal (deportation or exclusion) provisions inapplicable to certain permanent resident aliens who have been convicted of an aggravated felony or felonies and sentenced to at least five years' aggregate imprisonment. (Current law makes such cancellation inapplicable to certain permanent resident aliens convicted of an aggravated felony).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Committees of jurisdiction
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