118th Congress Immigration
H.R. 3442: America’s CHILDREN Act of 2023
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Summary
This bill provides lawful permanent resident status to certain college graduates who entered the United States as children and addresses other immigration-related issues.
Specifically, this bill allows a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) to apply for lawful permanent resident status if the individual (1) was lawfully present in the United States as a dependent child of an individual admitted for employment, (2) was in the United States with such status for at least eight years, (3) has graduated from an institution of higher education in the United States, and (4) is not deportable or otherwise inadmissible. In addition, the individual must have been lawfully present in the United States for at least 10 years at the time of the application.
The bill also modifies various provisions related to calculating an individual's age for immigration purposes and the priority date of certain immigration-related applications. For example, to determine whether an individual is a dependent child for certain immigration petitions, the individual's age at the time a petition is filed shall be the age used for that determination. (Currently, this determination for some petitions is based on the individual's age at the time a visa becomes available, so it is possible for an individual to be a dependent child when filing a petition but become too old to qualify by the time the visa is available.)
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Ami Bera D-CAOriginal
- Don Bacon R-NEOriginal
- Suzan DelBene D-WAOriginal
- John Duarte R-CAOriginal
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PAOriginal
- Valerie Foushee D-NCOriginal
- Ashley Hinson R-IAOriginal
- Raja Krishnamoorthi D-ILOriginal
- Young Kim R-CAOriginal
- Nancy Mace R-SCOriginal
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IAOriginal
- Maria Salazar R-FLOriginal
- Darren Soto D-FLOriginal
- Greg Stanton D-AZOriginal
- Steve Womack R-AROriginal
- Juan Ciscomani R-AZ
- Henry Johnson D-GA
- Greg Landsman D-OH
- David Trone D-MD
- Randy Feenstra R-IA
- Mary Scanlon D-PA
- John Rutherford R-FL
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Kathy Manning D-NC
- Zachary (Zach) Nunn R-IA
- Pramila Jayapal D-WA
- Michael Lawler R-NY
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Rich McCormick R-GA
- Wiley Nickel D-NC
- Jay Obernolte R-CA
- Alma Adams D-NC
- Bill Johnson R-OH
- Thomas Kean R-NJ
- C. Ruppersberger D-MD
- Angie Craig D-MN
- Jasmine Crockett D-TX
- Donald Davis D-NC
- Dan Goldman D-NY
- Steven Horsford D-NV
- Chrissy Houlahan D-PA
- Betty McCollum D-MN
- Scott Peters D-CA
- Delia Ramirez D-IL
- Shri Thanedar D-MI
- Nikema Williams D-GA
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- Susan Wild D-PA
- John Curtis R-UT
Who scored on this bill
- 1Deborah Ross SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by Deborah Ross.
Show the full action history (2 actions)
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.