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HR 6092 114th Congress House

Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act

Official title: To amend section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow certain alien veterans to be paroled into the United States to receive health care f… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow certain alien veterans to be paroled into the United States to receive health care furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Introduced: September 21, 2016 Introduced by: Vargas, Juan Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Immigration Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadImmigration status and proceduresVeterans' medical care
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Sep 30, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Sep 21, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 21, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 30, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to parole into the United States an alien veteran who: (1) is seeking temporary admission to receive health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and (2) resides permanently abroad after having been removed or voluntarily departed from the United States.

Such parole shall not be available for an alien who is inadmissible due to a criminal conviction for: (1) a crime of violence for which the alien has served at least five years in prison, or (2) a crime that endangers U.S. national security for which the alien has served at least five years in prison.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6092: Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6092/
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"H.R. 6092: Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6092/.
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H.R. 6092, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6092/.
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