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DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2023

Introduced: May 23, 2023 Introduced by: Salazar, Maria Elvira Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Passed Senate

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Became law

Dec 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

May 23, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

May 23, 2023

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and the Workforce, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

May 23, 2023

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Dignity for Immigrants while Guarding our Nation to Ignite and Deliver the American Dream Act of 2023 or as the DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2023

This bill addresses immigration-related issues, such as increasing hiring for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel and providing removal deferral for eligible non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law).

For example, the bill

requires the hiring of additional CBP personnel and authorizes recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses for CBP personnel;
provides funding for border infrastructure and equipment;
makes it a crime to transmit the location of law enforcement with the intent to violate immigration laws or certain other federal laws;
requires employers to verify the immigration status of individuals using an electronic employment eligibility confirmation system modeled after the E-Verify system;
requires unaccompanied alien children to be processed and reunited with U.S.-based sponsors in accordance with the Flores settlement, which established policies pertaining to the treatment of minors without lawful immigration status;
requires the Department of State to implement a strategy to address the key factors contributing to individuals from Central America traveling to the United States;
provides a path to permanent resident status to eligible individuals without lawful immigration status who entered the United States as minors (commonly referred to as Dreamers);
establishes the Dignity Program, which defers the removal of eligible individuals without lawful immigration status who meet various requirements, including paying into a fund to provide training to U.S. workers; and
establishes the Redemption Program, which provides a path to permanent resident status to individuals who complete the Dignity Program and meet various requirements, including making additional payments into the U.S. worker fund.