Protecting Immigrant Gold Star and Military Families Act

Bill: 116-s-2450
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-09-10
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Family relationships

Immigration status and procedures

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Protecting Immigrant Gold Star and Military Families Act</strong></p> <p>This bill limits the deportability of certain relatives of current and former members of the Armed Forces. </p> <p>Certain grounds of deportability shall not apply to a qualifying alien who is (1) the spouse, widow or widower, parent, child, or sibling of a member of the Armed Forces or a veteran; or (2) eligible for a Gold Star lapel button (for certain immediate relatives of a member of the Armed Forces who died while serving). A qualifying alien is one who (1) has not have been convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor, or three misdemeanors; and (2) is not a threat to national security or public safety.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2450 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 10, 2019 Mr. Booker introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the grounds of deportability for certain relatives of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Immigrant Gold Star and Military Families Act . 2. Limiting grounds of deportability for relatives of members of the Armed Forces and veterans Section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Alien relatives of members of the Armed Forces and veterans The provisions of this section shall not apply to an alien who— (1) is— (A) the spouse, widow or widower, parent, son or daughter, or sibling of— (i) a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; or (ii) a veteran (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code); or (B) eligible for the Gold Star lapel button under section 1126 of title 10, United States Code; and (2) has not been convicted of— (A) a felony; (B) a significant misdemeanor (as such term is defined in section 2 of the Restoring Respect for Immigrant Service in Uniform Act); or (C) three or more misdemeanors that are not significant misdemeanors, each of which occurred on a different date, and arose out of separate conduct; and (3) is not otherwise a threat to national security or public safety. .