Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act

Bill: 118-hr-4285
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2023-06-22
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act</b></p> <p>This bill exempts Special Immigrant Juveniles visas from certain annual numerical limitations on such visas. (Generally, Special Immigrant Juvenile status is available to qualifying non-U.S. nationals under 21 years of age who are in the United States and have been abused, abandoned, or neglected by a parent.)</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4285 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 22, 2023 Mr. Gomez (for himself, Mr. Espaillat , Ms. Lofgren , Ms. Sánchez , Mr. García of Illinois , Ms. Leger Fernandez , Mr. Levin , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Mr. Raskin , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Cárdenas , Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Ms. Norton , Ms. Tokuda , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Bowman , Ms. Omar , Mr. Cleaver , Ms. Jacobs , Ms. Chu , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Castro of Texas , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Ms. Castor of Florida , Ms. Jackson Lee , and Mr. Trone ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To eliminate employment-based visa caps on abused, abandoned, and neglected children eligible for humanitarian status, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act . 2. Eliminating certain employment-based visa caps (a) Aliens Not Subject to Direct Numerical Limitations Section 201(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)(A) ) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) or (B) and inserting subparagraph (A), (B), or (J) . (b) Preference Allocation for Employment-Based Immigrants Section 203(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4) ) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) or (B) and inserting subparagraph (A), (B), or (J) .