Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1053
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-06
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2025 </strong></p><p>This bill exempts from immigrant visa limitations the children of certain individuals who were naturalized due to their military service during World War II. Specifically, this applies to the children of veterans who served honorably during World War II in the U.S. Armed Forces or in Filipino military units such as the Philippine Army, Philippine Scouts, or recognized guerilla units.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1053 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2025 Mr. Case (for himself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Tokuda , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Takano , Mr. Vargas , and Ms. Chu ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2025 . 2. Exemption from immigrant visa limit Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (F) Aliens who— (i) are eligible for a visa under paragraph (1) or (3) of section 203(a); and (ii) have a parent (regardless of whether the parent is living or dead) who was naturalized pursuant to— (I) section 405 of the Immigration Act of 1990 ( Public Law 101–649 ; 8 U.S.C. 1440 note); or (II) title III of the Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1137, chapter 876), as added by section 1001 of the Second War Powers Act, 1942 (56 Stat. 182, chapter 199). .