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HR 2508 115th 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

Child Citizen Protection Act

Introduced: May 17, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 7, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
May 17, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 17, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Child Citizen Protection Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion and 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 action to be against the child's best interests.

Such discretion shall not apply to an alien when the judge determines that the alien: (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 June 7, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 13
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 19, 2018
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · May 25, 2017
 D
Chu, Judy
California · May 17, 2017
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · May 17, 2017
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 17, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 17, 2017
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 17, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 17, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · May 17, 2017
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 17, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · May 17, 2017
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · May 17, 2017
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 17, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2508: Child Citizen Protection Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2508/
MLA
"H.R. 2508: Child Citizen Protection Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2508/.
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H.R. 2508, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2508/.
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[H.R. 2508: Child Citizen Protection Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2508/)
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