HR 182
111th Congress
House
Immigration
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against women
Family relationships
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration
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.
Introduced: January 6, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 9, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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