SECURE Act
Official title: A bill to provide a process for granting lawful permanent resident status to aliens from certain countries who meet certain eligibility requirements, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency Act or the SECURE Act
This bill allows qualified nationals of a country that has or had a temporary protected status designation (certain countries in which nationals experience conflict or other unsafe conditions) to obtain lawful permanent residence (sometimes referred to as a green card).
To qualify for a green card, such an individual must (1) have or had temporary protected status, (2) have qualified for such status on certain dates, or (3) have been present in the United States due to having been granted deferred enforced departure status that extended past a certain date. Furthermore, the individual must (1) have been continuously present in the United States for three years before applying for a green card or before being removed after a certain date, (2) not be inadmissible or deportable for certain reasons, and (3) pass applicable background checks.
The continuous presence requirement may be waived in certain instances.
Such an individual's spouse, domestic partner, child, or unmarried child may also obtain a green card under this bill upon meeting certain requirements.
An individual with a pending application shall receive work authorization and be eligible for travel authorization.
An individual may not be removed if the individual (1) has a pending application, or (2) is prima facie eligible for a green card under this bill and intends to apply.
Information from applications may not be used or shared for immigration enforcement, with limited exceptions such as for identifying fraudulent claims.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES
- INT'L. ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL & REINFORCING IRON WORKERS
- BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPT., AFL-CIO
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Energy, Dept of
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2106: SECURE Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2106/
"S. 2106: SECURE Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2106/.
S. 2106, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2106/.
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