Title: Notario Victim Relief Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Notario Victim Relief Act
This bill eliminates the time limit for an alien to file a motion to reopen removal proceedings where the alien's motion seeks relief based on allegations of certain misdeeds by a representative or a person claiming to be a representative, specifically (1) fraud; (2) negligence; (3) misrepresentation; or (4) extortion by, or attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization on the part of, such representative.
Currently, motions to reopen must be filed within 90 days of the entry of a final order of removal, with certain exceptions.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2289 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2289

To amend section 240(c)(7)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
eliminate the time limit on the filing of a motion to reopen a removal 
      proceeding if the basis of the motion is fraud, negligence, 
  misrepresentation, or extortion by, or the attempted, promised, or 
    actual practice of law without authorization on the part of, a 
                            representative.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

Mr. Veasey (for himself, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Soto, 
   Mr. Correa, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. 
  Ocasio-Cortez, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Norton, Ms. Roybal-
 Allard, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Velazquez, and Mr. McGovern) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 240(c)(7)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
eliminate the time limit on the filing of a motion to reopen a removal 
      proceeding if the basis of the motion is fraud, negligence, 
  misrepresentation, or extortion by, or the attempted, promised, or 
    actual practice of law without authorization on the part of, a 
                            representative.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Notario Victim Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF TIME LIMIT ON MOTIONS TO REOPEN IN CERTAIN 
              CASES.

    Section 240(c)(7)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1229a(c)(7)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(v) Fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, 
                        or extortion by, or attempted, promised, or 
                        actual practice of law without authorization on 
                        the part of, a representative.--There is no 
                        time limit on the filing of a motion to reopen 
                        if the basis of the motion is to apply for 
                        relief due to fraud, negligence, 
                        misrepresentation, or extortion by, or 
                        attempted, promised, or actual practice of law 
                        without authorization on the part of, a 
                        representative described in subsection (a) or 
                        (b) of section 1292.1 of title 8, Code of 
                        Federal Regulations, or a person who claimed to 
                        be such a representative, and the alien 
                        establishes such fraud, negligence, 
                        misrepresentation, or extortion by, or 
                        attempted, promised, or actual practice of law 
                        without authorization on the part of, such a 
                        representative (or person) by a preponderance 
                        of evidence.''.
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