Restoration of Fairness in Immigration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-47
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Automobile theft
Bail
Boundaries
Bribery
Child abuse
Citizenship
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Delegation of powers
Department of Justice
Department of State
Deportation
Detention of persons
Disabled
Discrimination against the disabled
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Due process of law
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Evidence (Law)
Ex-offenders
Executive reorganization
Families
Family violence
Federal employees
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign students
Forfeiture
Forgery
Fraud
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Habeas corpus
Higher education
Homosexuality
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
Injunctions
International Affairs
International agencies
Judges
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Larceny
Law
Law enforcement officers
Licenses
Local employees
Local laws
Marijuana
Married people
Minorities
Obstruction of justice
Organized crime
Parents
Parties to actions
Perjury
Political persecution
Prison alternatives
Probation
Promotions
Public meetings
Racial discrimination
Recruiting of employees
Refugees
Residence requirements
Right of asylum
Right to counsel
Salaries
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex discrimination
Smuggling
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
State employees
State laws
Surety and fidelity
Terrorism
Torture
Victims of crimes
Violence
Visas
Welfare eligibility
Witnesses
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Restoration of Fairness in Immigration Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to due process in immigration proceedings, including due process in expedited removal proceedings, judicial review in immigration proceedings, and detention proceedings and detention alternatives.
Directs the Attorney General to make periodic reports with respect to persons detained after September 11, 2001.
Directs the Secretary of State to establish a Board of Visa Appeals.
Revises provisions with respect to: (1) removal proceedings; (2) five-year bars to admission and other grounds for exclusion; (3) family reunification-related visas and grounds of admissibility; (4) voluntary departure; (5) public charge determinations and affidavits of support; (6) asylum and refugee proceedings; (7) asset forfeiture; (8) parole authority; and (9) State personnel performing immigration functions.
Directs the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service to establish an Office of Border Patrol Recruitment and Retention.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E32-33)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House