119th Congress Immigration
H.R. 2366: American Families United Act
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Summary
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or the Department of Justice (DOJ) to exercise discretion in certain immigration cases.
Under this bill, DOJ or DHS may, on a case-by-case basis, exercise discretion by declining to remove a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) or bar an alien from entering the United States to prevent hardship for the alien's U.S. citizen spouse, parent, or child. This discretion may also be exercised if the alien is the spouse or child of a deceased U.S. citizen.
For the purposes of this bill, it shall be presumed that family separation constitutes hardship.
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However, DOJ or DHS may not exercise this discretion if the alien is removable or inadmissible due to certain grounds, including specified crime- and security-related grounds.
This exercise of discretion may be applied to an alien who was ordered removed or denied entry prior to this bill's enactment if the alien files a motion to reopen or reconsider within two years of this bill's enactment.
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
- J. Correa D-CAOriginal
- Salud Carbajal D-CAOriginal
- Gregorio Casar D-TXOriginal
- Suzan DelBene D-WAOriginal
- Madeleine Dean D-PAOriginal
- Adriano Espaillat D-NYOriginal
- Jesús García D-ILOriginal
- Dan Goldman D-NYOriginal
- Mike Levin D-CAOriginal
- Betty McCollum D-MNOriginal
- Robert Menendez D-NJOriginal
- Deborah Ross D-NCOriginal
- Maria Salazar R-FLOriginal
- Linda Sánchez D-CAOriginal
- Darren Soto D-FLOriginal
- Thomas Suozzi D-NYOriginal
- Mary Scanlon D-PAOriginal
- Andrea Salinas D-OROriginal
- Paul Tonko D-NYOriginal
- Pramila Jayapal D-WA
- Ilhan Omar D-MN
- Rashida Tlaib D-MI
- Shri Thanedar D-MI
- Chris Deluzio D-PA
- Lizzie Fletcher D-TX
- Don Bacon R-NE
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PA
- Michael Lawler R-NY
- David Valadao R-CA
- Angie Craig D-MN
- Julia Brownley D-CA
- Dina Titus D-NV
- Gabe Evans R-CO
- Al Green D-TX
- Eleanor Norton D-DC
- Lucy McBath D-GA
- Joe Neguse D-CO
- Jasmine Crockett D-TX
- LaMonica McIver D-NJ
- Maxine Dexter D-OR
- Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez D-NM
- Seth Moulton D-MA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Veronica Escobar SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by Veronica Escobar.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.