Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2388
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative remedies
Agriculture and Food
Alien labor
Aliens
Block grants
Child abuse
Child labor
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crimes against women
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Detention of persons
Economics and Public Finance
Ethics
Families
Family violence
Federal aid to child health services
Food stamps
Forced labor
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health insurance
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Immigrant health
Immigrants
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Married people
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Naturalization
Poor children
Prostitution
Public housing
Refugees
Right of asylum
Slavery
Social Welfare
Supplemental security income program
Victims of crimes
Violence
Visas
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act Act of 2005, with respect to T-visa (victims of severe form of trafficking in persons) and U-visa (victims of certain crimes) nonimmigrant aliens.
 
Revises provisions with respect to: (1) victims of crime; (2) self-petitioning and self-petitioning by fiance(e)s and children; (3) access to health, housing, and other public benefits, including Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and food stamps; (4) removal, deportation, and detention; (5) parole; (6) naturalization; and (7) admissibility.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Homeland Security for related: (1) nonimmigrant status adjustment applications and petitions; (2) employment authorizations; and (3) naturalization applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House