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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2293

To provide special immigrant status for aliens serving as translators with 

the United States Armed Forces. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2005

Mr. HOSTETTLER (for himself and Mr. HUNTER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL

To provide special immigrant status for aliens serving as 

translators with the United States Armed Forces.

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

3 SECTION 1. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR PERSONS 

4 SERVING AS TRANSLATORS WITH UNITED 

5 STATES ARMED FORCES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the Immigration 

7 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), subject to 

8 subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of Homeland Security 

9 may provide an alien described in subsection (b) with the 
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1 status of a special immigrant under section 101(a)(27) of 

2 such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a(27)), if the alien—

3 (1) files with the Secretary of Homeland Secu4 rity a petition under section 204 of such Act (8 

5 U.S.C. 1154) for classification under section 

6 203(b)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)); and 

7 (2) is otherwise eligible to receive an immigrant 

8 visa and is otherwise admissible to the United States 

9 for permanent residence, except in determining such 

10 admissibility, the grounds for inadmissibility speci11 fied in section 212(a)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

12 1182(a)(4)) shall not apply. 

13 (b) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—

14 (1) PRINCIPAL ALIENS.—An alien is described 

15 in this subsection if the alien—

16 (A) is a national of Iraq or Afghanistan; 

17 (B) worked directly with United States 

18 Armed Forces as a translator for a period of at 

19 least 12 months; 

20 (C) obtained a favorable written rec21 ommendation from the first General or Flag of22 ficer in the chain of command of the United 

23 States Armed Forces unit that was supported 

24 by the alien; and 
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1 (D) prior to filing the petition described in 

2 subsection (a)(1), cleared a background check 

3 and screening, as determined by the first Gen4 eral or Flag officer in the chain of command of 

5 the United States Armed Forces unit that was 

6 supported by the alien. 

7 (2) SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.—An alien is de8 scribed in this subsection if the alien is the spouse 

9 or child of a principal alien described in paragraph 

10 (1), and is following or accompanying to join the 

11 principal alien. 

12 (c) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The total number of prin14 cipal aliens who may be provided special immigrant 

15 status under this section shall not exceed 50. 

16 (2) COUNTING AGAINST SPECIAL IMMIGRANT

17 CAP.—For purposes of the application of sections 

18 201 through 203 of the Immigration and Nationality 

19 Act (8 U.S.C. 1151–1153) in any fiscal year, aliens 

20 eligible to be provided status under this section shall 

21 be treated as special immigrants described in section 

22 101(a)(27) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) who 

23 are not described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or 

24 (K) of such section. 
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1 (d) APPLICATION OF IMMIGRATION AND NATION2 ALITY ACT PROVISIONS.—The definitions in subsections 

3 (a) and (b) of section 101 of the Immigration and Nation4 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101) shall apply in the administration 

5 of this section.

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