Protect Our Liberian Community Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1926
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-27
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa

Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Liberia
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protect Our Liberian Community Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill establishes that a national of Liberia shall be deemed to have registered for temporary protected status as of April 1, 2019, for three years, if the national registered for such status at any time and was present in the United States on March 30, 2019, under deferred enforced departure. </p> <p>Temporary protected status is available to nationals of certain designated countries, and such aliens shall have work authorization not be removed from the United States while the status is in effect. Liberia's designation was terminated as of May 21, 2017. The President has granted deferred enforced departure status to Liberian nationals, which prevents their removal from the country and provides work authorization, until March 30, 2020.</p> <p>Individuals with temporary protected status under this bill shall have employment authorization for the three-year period, and any lapse of authorization between April 1, 2019, and the enactment date of this bill shall not affect the validity of such an individual's employment authorization document.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1926 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2019 Mr. Phillips (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide temporary protected status for certain nationals of Liberia, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Liberian Community Act of 2019 . 2. Temporary protected status for certain nationals of Liberia (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a national of Liberia shall be deemed to be registered for temporary protected status in the United States under section 244(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1254a(c) ) as of April 1, 2019, for a period of 3 years if such national of Liberia was— (1) registered for temporary protected status at any time; and (2) present in the United States under deferred enforced departure, in accordance with the Presidential Memorandum issued on March 27, 2018, on March 30, 2019. (b) Automatic extension of employment authorization (1) In general The Secretary of Homeland Security (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall automatically extend the employment authorization of nationals of Liberia described in subsection (a) for the 3-year period beginning on April 1, 2019, and the employment authorization documents of such nationals of Liberia shall be valid for that period. (2) Publication Not later than 14 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notification of the extension under paragraph (1). (3) Lapse in authorization Any lapse in employment authorization of a national of Liberia described in subsection (a) between April 1, 2019, and the date of the enactment of this Act shall not affect the extension under paragraph (1) or the validity of the employment authorization document of such national of Liberia for the period described in that paragraph. (4) Documentation Not later than 30 days after the date on which a national of Liberia described in subsection (a) submits a request for documentation of the extension under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide such documentation to the national of Liberia.