Haiti Emergency Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1014
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2017-02-13
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Caribbean area

Haiti

Immigration status and procedures

Latin America

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Travel and tourism
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Haiti Emergency Relief Act of 2017</strong></p> <p> This bill extends 18-month temporary protected status to a national of Haiti who: (1) has been continuously physically present in the United States since November 4, 2016, (2) is admissible as an immigrant and not ineligible for temporary protected status, and (3) registers for temporary protected status in a manner that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall establish. </p> <p> Such an alien may travel abroad if the alien establishes to the satisfaction of DHS that emergency and extenuating circumstances beyond the alien's control require his or her departure for a brief, temporary trip abroad. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1014 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2017 Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Ms. Lee , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. Engel , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Norton , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Soto , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Gallego , Mr. Meeks , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Maxine Waters of California , Ms. Bass , Mr. Jeffries , Mr. Ellison , Ms. Wilson of Florida , and Mr. Serrano ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Haiti to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Haiti Emergency Relief Act of 2017 . 2. Designation for purposes of granting temporary protected status (a) Designation (1) In general For purposes of section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1254a ), Haiti shall be treated as if it had been designated under subsection (b) of such section, subject to the provisions of this section. (2) Period of designation The initial period of such designation shall begin on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall remain in effect for 18 months. (b) Aliens eligible In applying section 244 of such Act pursuant to the designation made under this section, subject to section 244(c)(3) of such Act, an alien who is a national of Haiti shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of section 244(c)(1) of such Act only if the alien— (1) has been continuously physically present in the United States since November 4, 2016; (2) is admissible as an immigrant, except as otherwise provided under section 244(c)(2)(A) of such Act, and is not ineligible for temporary protected status under section 244(c)(2)(B) of such Act; and (3) registers for temporary protected status in a manner that the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish. (c) Consent To travel abroad The Secretary of Homeland Security shall give the prior consent to travel abroad described in section 244(f)(3) of such Act to an alien who is granted temporary protected status pursuant to the designation made under this section, if the alien establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Homeland Security that emergency and extenuating circumstances beyond the control of the alien require the alien to depart for a brief, temporary trip abroad. An alien returning to the United States in accordance with such an authorization shall be treated the same as any other returning alien provided temporary protected status under section 244 of such Act.