Exception for Certain Bars to Admissibility Relating to Previous Unlawful Entry as Children Act

Bill: 117-hr-9261
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2022-11-03
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-11-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Exception for Certain Bars to Admissibility Relating to Previous Unlawful Entry as Children Act</strong></p> <p>This bill expands an exception to a provision that bars the admission of certain non-U.S. nationals (<em>aliens</em> under federal law) who unlawfully reenter (or attempt to unlawfully reenter) the United States after being ordered removed.</p> <p>Currently, the bar to admission does not apply to such a non-U.S. national if the individual (1) last departed from the United States more than 10 years before the attempt to reenter the United States, and (2) has received consent from the Department of Homeland Security to reapply for admission. This bill adds another exception for individuals who last departed from the United States before becoming 11 years old.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9261 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 3, 2022 Mr. Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide an exception for certain bars to inadmissibility related to previous unlawful entry as children, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Exception for Certain Bars to Admissibility Relating to Previous Unlawful Entry as Children Act . 2. Exception for Certain Bars to Admissibility Relating to Previous Unlawful Entry as Children Act Clause (ii) of section 212(a)(9)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(C) ) is amended to read as follows: (ii) Exceptions Clause (i) shall not apply to an alien— (I) seeking admission more than 10 years after the date of the alien's last departure from the United States if, prior to the alien's reembarkation at a place outside the United States or attempt to be readmitted from a foreign contiguous territory, the Secretary of Homeland Security has consented to the alien's reapplying for admission; or (II) the date of whose last departure from the United States occurred prior to the alien attaining the age of 11 years old. .