Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act

Bill: 115-hr-2761
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2017-05-26
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Immigration status and procedures

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to parole into the United States an alien veteran who: (1) is seeking temporary admission to receive health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and (2) resides permanently abroad after having been removed or voluntarily departed from the United States.</p> <p>Such parole shall not be available for an alien who is inadmissible due to a criminal conviction for: (1) a crime of violence for which the alien has served at least five years in prison, or (2) a crime that endangers U.S. national security for which the alien has served at least five years in prison.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2761 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 26, 2017 Mr. Vargas (for himself, Mr. Serrano , Mrs. Napolitano , Mrs. Davis of California , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Gutiérrez , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Moore , Mr. Correa , and Mr. Vela ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow certain alien veterans to be paroled into the United States to receive health care furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act . 2. Parole for certain veterans Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking except as provided in subparagraph (B) or in section 214(f), and inserting except as provided in subparagraph (B) or (C) or in section 214(f), ; (2) by striking Attorney General each place such term appears and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (C) (i) The Secretary of Homeland Security may, in the discretion of the Secretary, parole into the United States temporarily under such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe only on a case-by-case basis any alien applying for admission to the United States who— (I) is a veteran (as defined in section 101(2) of title 38, United States Code); (II) seeks parole to receive health care furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code; and (III) resides permanently abroad pursuant to having been ordered removed or voluntarily departed from the United States under section 240B. (ii) Parole of alien under clause (i) shall not be regarded as an admission of the alien and when the purposes of such parole shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, have been served the alien shall forthwith return or be returned to the custody from which the alien was paroled. (iii) (I) Parole under clause (i) shall not be available in the case of an alien who is inadmissible due to a criminal conviction for— (aa) a crime of violence; or (bb) a crime that endangers the national security of the United States for which the alien has served a term of imprisonment of at least 5 years. (II) For purposes of subclause (I), the term crime of violence means an offense defined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code, excluding a purely political offense, for which the alien has served a term of imprisonment of at least 5 years. .