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119th Congress Immigration

H.R. 4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Jul 15, 2025
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Jul 15, 2025

This bill addresses various immigration-related issues, including by requiring higher pay for U.S. Border Patrol agents, deferring the removal of eligible individuals without lawful immigration status, and implementing a mandatory electronic employment eligibility verification system patterned off the E-Verify system.

The bill establishes several programs for individuals present in the United States without lawful status, including a path to lawful permanent resident status for qualified individuals, including those with deferred action for childhood arrival (DACA) status. In addition, the bill establishes the Dignity Program, which defers the removal of eligible individuals without lawful immigration status on a seven-year, renewable basis, provided individuals meet employment or education requirements, pay restitution, and satisfy other conditions.

The bill also makes various changes to penalties and processes applicable to individuals entering the United States, for example by

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  • increasing the maximum criminal penalty for individuals previously removed or denied admission to the United States who attempt to reenter,
  • authorizing the use of DNA testing to verify family relationships of immigrants, and
  • establishing campuses at the border to process asylees.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must create, and U.S. employers must use, a nationwide electronic employment eligibility verification system.

Furthermore, DHS may grant relatives of U.S. citizens relief from removal.

The bill also increases the per country percentage ceiling for family-sponsored and employment-based visas.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

0 votes on this bill

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

39

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

12 points earned
  1. 1Maria Salazar R-FL SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History

  1. Jul 15, 2025Introduced in the House by Maria Salazar.
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  1. Jul 16, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
  2. Jul 15, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jul 15, 2025Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, 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.