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HR 5593 115th Congress House

Protect Patriot Spouses Act

Official title: To render certain military spouses eligible for adjustment of status.

Introduced: April 26, 2018 Introduced by: Soto, Darren Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
Immigration Immigration status and proceduresMilitary personnel and dependentsNational Guard and reservesVisas and passports
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Apr 24, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 24, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect Patriot Spouses Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider certain nonimmigrant aliens who are or were the spouses of U.S. citizen service members or honorably discharged veterans as having been inspected and admitted to the United States without regard to illegal entry, illegal presence, or document grounds of inadmissibility for purposes of adjustment to permanent resident status. (Currently, aliens under such grounds of inadmissibility are not considered to have been inspected and admitted and may not pursue citizenship without first departing the United States.)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 12
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Aug 10, 2018
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jun 7, 2018
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 8, 2018
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Apr 27, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Apr 27, 2018
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Apr 26, 2018
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Apr 26, 2018
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Apr 26, 2018
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Apr 26, 2018
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Apr 26, 2018
Kihuen, Ruben
· Apr 26, 2018
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Apr 26, 2018
Sablan, Gregorio
· Apr 26, 2018
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · Apr 26, 2018
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Apr 26, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5593: Protect Patriot Spouses Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5593/
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"H.R. 5593: Protect Patriot Spouses Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5593/.
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H.R. 5593, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5593/.
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