Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act

Bill: 119-hr-3763
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2025-06-05
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2025-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3763 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 5, 2025 Mr. Gomez (for himself, Mr. Espaillat , Ms. Lofgren , Ms. Ansari , Ms. Balint , Mr. Carson , Ms. Castor of Florida , Mr. Castro of Texas , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Ms. Chu , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Jacobs , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Ms. Leger Fernandez , Mr. McGovern , Mrs. McIver , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Ms. Norton , Ms. Omar , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Quigley , Mrs. Ramirez , Ms. Rivas , Ms. Salazar , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Soto , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. Tokuda , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Velázquez , and Ms. Wasserman Schultz ) 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) .