S. 2261 117th Congress Senate

HOPE Act

Official title: A bill to amend 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: June 24, 2021 Introduced by: Tammy Duckworth Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov

Immigration Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadImmigration status and proceduresVeterans' medical care

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Jul 12, 2022

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

Jun 24, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jun 24, 2021

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action July 12, 2022

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile Act or the HOPE Act

This bill authorizes 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) is outside the United States after having been ordered removed or voluntarily departed from the United States.

Such parole may not be available for an alien who is inadmissible due to a criminal conviction for a crime of violence, excluding a purely political offense, or a crime that endangers U.S. national security, for which the alien has served at least five years in prison.

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