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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5282 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Secretary 

of Homeland Security to parole into the United States certain relatives 

of current and former members of the Armed Forces, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2019 

Mr. CISNEROS (for himself, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. GALLEGO, and 

Mr. CROW) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require 

the Secretary of Homeland Security to parole into the 

United States certain relatives of current and former 

members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Family Parole 

5 in Place Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PAROLE FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES OF CURRENT 

2 AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 

3 FORCES. 

4 Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality 

5 Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subpara7 graph (B) or’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) 

8 and (C) and’’; 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 

10 such term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 

11 Homeland Security’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(C)(i) Except as provided in clause (iii), the Sec14 retary of Homeland Security shall parole into the United 

15 States an alien who is the spouse, widow or widower, par16 ent, or child of— 

17 ‘‘(I) a member of the Armed Forces on active 

18 duty; 

19 ‘‘(II) a member of the Selected Reserve of the 

20 Ready Reserve; or 

21 ‘‘(III) an individual, whether living or deceased, 

22 who— 

23 ‘‘(aa) previously served as— 

24 ‘‘(AA) a member of the Armed Forces 

25 on active duty; or 


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1 ‘‘(BB) a member of the Selected Re2 serve of the Ready Reserve; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) was discharged or released from 

4 such service under a condition other than dis5 honorable. 

6 ‘‘(ii) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall parole 

7 an alien into the United States under clause (i) in 1-year 

8 increments. 

9 ‘‘(iii)(I) An application for parole under this subpara10 graph may be denied only if the Secretary of Homeland 

11 Security, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of 

12 Veterans Affairs jointly issue a written justification for the 

13 denial. 

14 ‘‘(II) The Secretary of Homeland Security, the Sec15 retary of Defense, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

16 may not delegate the responsibility described in subclause 

17 (I). 

18 ‘‘(III)(aa) In the case of a denial under subclause (I), 

19 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish on a 

20 publicly available internet website of the Department of 

21 Homeland Security information about the denial, includ22 ing a detailed justification for the denial. 

23 ‘‘(bb) Information published under item (aa) shall not 

24 include personally identifiable information.’’. 

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