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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 505 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to |
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| 6 | 6 | | reform immigration parole, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY16, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. G |
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| 10 | 10 | | RASSLEY(for himself, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. VANCE, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | L |
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| 12 | 12 | | ANKFORD, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. LEE, and Ms. ERNST) |
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| 13 | 13 | | introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nation- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ality Act to reform immigration parole, and for other |
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| 18 | 18 | | purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Immigration Parole 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Reform Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. IMMIGRATION PAROLE REFORM. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended to read as follows: 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | and (C) and section 214(f), the Secretary of Homeland 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Security, in the discretion of the Secretary, may tempo-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | rarily parole into the United States any alien applying for 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | admission to the United States who is not present in the 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | United States, under such conditions as the Secretary may 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | prescribe, on a case-by-case basis, and not according to 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | eligibility criteria describing an entire class of potential 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | parole recipients, for urgent humanitarian reasons or sig-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | nificant public benefit. Parole granted under this subpara-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | graph may not be regarded as an admission of the alien. 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | When the purposes of such parole have been served in the 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | opinion of the Secretary, the alien shall immediately re-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | turn or be returned to the custody from which the alien 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | was paroled. After such return, the case of the alien shall 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | be dealt with in the same manner as the case of any other 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | applicant for admission to the United States. 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security may grant 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | parole to any alien who— 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(i) is present in the United States without 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | lawful immigration status; 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(ii) is the beneficiary of an approved petition 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | under section 203(a); 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(iii) is not otherwise inadmissible or remov-24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | able; and 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(iv) is the spouse or child of a member of the 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Armed Forces serving on active duty. 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(C) The Secretary of Homeland Security may grant 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | parole to any alien— 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(i) who is a national of the Republic of Cuba 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | and is living in the Republic of Cuba; 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(ii) who is the beneficiary of an approved peti-7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | tion under section 203(a); 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(iii) for whom an immigrant visa is not imme-9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | diately available; 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(iv) who meets all eligibility requirements for 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | an immigrant visa; 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(v) who is not otherwise inadmissible; and 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(vi) who is receiving a grant of parole in fur-14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | therance of the commitment of the United States to 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | the minimum level of annual legal migration of 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Cuban nationals to the United States specified in 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | the U.S.–Cuba Joint Communique´on Migration, 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | done at New York September 9, 1994, and re-19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | affirmed in the Cuba-United States: Joint Statement 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | on Normalization of Migration, Building on the 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | Agreement of September 9, 1994, done at New York 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | May 2, 1995. 23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘(D) For purposes of determining an alien’s eligi-24 |
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| 82 | 82 | | bility for parole under subparagraph (A), an urgent hu-25 |
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| 85 | 85 | | •S 505 IS |
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| 86 | 86 | | manitarian reason shall be limited to circumstances in 1 |
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| 87 | 87 | | which the alien establishes that— 2 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ‘‘(i)(I) the alien has a medical emergency; and 3 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ‘‘(II)(aa) the alien cannot obtain necessary 4 |
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| 90 | 90 | | treatment in the foreign state in which the alien is 5 |
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| 91 | 91 | | residing; or 6 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ‘‘(bb) the medical emergency is life-threatening 7 |
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| 93 | 93 | | and there is insufficient time for the alien to be ad-8 |
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| 94 | 94 | | mitted through the normal visa process; 9 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘(ii) the alien is the parent or legal guardian of 10 |
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| 96 | 96 | | an alien described in clause (i) and the alien de-11 |
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| 97 | 97 | | scribed in clause (i) is a minor; 12 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(iii) the alien is needed in the United States 13 |
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| 99 | 99 | | in order to donate an organ or other tissue for 14 |
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| 100 | 100 | | transplant and there is insufficient time for the alien 15 |
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| 101 | 101 | | to be admitted through the normal visa process; 16 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(iv) the alien has a close family member in the 17 |
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| 103 | 103 | | United States whose death is imminent and the alien 18 |
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| 104 | 104 | | could not arrive in the United States in time to see 19 |
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| 105 | 105 | | such family member alive if the alien were to be ad-20 |
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| 106 | 106 | | mitted through the normal visa process; 21 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(v) the alien is seeking to attend the funeral 22 |
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| 108 | 108 | | of a close family member and the alien could not ar-23 |
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| 109 | 109 | | rive in the United States in time to attend such fu-24 |
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| 112 | 112 | | •S 505 IS |
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| 113 | 113 | | neral if the alien were to be admitted through the 1 |
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| 114 | 114 | | normal visa process; 2 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ‘‘(vi) the alien is an adopted child with an ur-3 |
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| 116 | 116 | | gent medical condition who is in the legal custody of 4 |
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| 117 | 117 | | the petitioner for a final adoption-related visa and 5 |
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| 118 | 118 | | whose medical treatment is required before the ex-6 |
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| 119 | 119 | | pected award of a final adoption-related visa; or 7 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ‘‘(vii) the alien is a lawful applicant for adjust-8 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ment of status under section 245 and is returning 9 |
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| 122 | 122 | | to the United States after temporary travel abroad. 10 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(E) For purposes of determining an alien’s eligi-11 |
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| 124 | 124 | | bility for parole under subparagraph (A), a significant 12 |
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| 125 | 125 | | public benefit may be determined to result from the parole 13 |
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| 126 | 126 | | of an alien only if— 14 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(i) the alien has assisted (or will assist, wheth-15 |
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| 128 | 128 | | er knowingly or not) the United States Government 16 |
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| 129 | 129 | | in a law enforcement matter; 17 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ‘‘(ii) the alien’s presence is required by the Gov-18 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ernment in furtherance of such law enforcement 19 |
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| 132 | 132 | | matter; and 20 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ‘‘(iii) the alien is inadmissible, does not satisfy 21 |
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| 134 | 134 | | the eligibility requirements for admission as a non-22 |
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| 135 | 135 | | immigrant, or there is insufficient time for the alien 23 |
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| 136 | 136 | | to be admitted through the normal visa process. 24 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘(F) For purposes of determining an alien’s eligi-1 |
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| 141 | 141 | | bility for parole under subparagraph (A), the term ‘case- 2 |
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| 142 | 142 | | by-case basis’ means that the facts in each individual case 3 |
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| 143 | 143 | | are considered and parole is not granted based on mem-4 |
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| 144 | 144 | | bership in a defined class of aliens to be granted parole. 5 |
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| 145 | 145 | | The fact that aliens are considered for or granted parole 6 |
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| 146 | 146 | | one-by-one and not as a group is not sufficient to establish 7 |
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| 147 | 147 | | that the parole decision is made on a ‘case-by-case basis’. 8 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ‘‘(G) The Secretary of Homeland Security may not 9 |
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| 149 | 149 | | use the parole authority under this paragraph to parole 10 |
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| 150 | 150 | | an alien into the United States for any reason or purpose 11 |
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| 151 | 151 | | other than those described in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), 12 |
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| 152 | 152 | | and (E). 13 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ‘‘(H) An alien granted parole may not accept employ-14 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ment, except that an alien granted parole pursuant to sub-15 |
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| 155 | 155 | | paragraph (B) or (C) is authorized to accept employment 16 |
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| 156 | 156 | | for the duration of the parole, as evidenced by an employ-17 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ment authorization document issued by the Secretary of 18 |
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| 158 | 158 | | Homeland Security. 19 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ‘‘(I) Parole granted after a departure from the 20 |
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| 160 | 160 | | United States shall not be regarded as an admission of 21 |
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| 161 | 161 | | the alien. An alien granted parole, whether as an initial 22 |
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| 162 | 162 | | grant of parole or parole upon reentry into the United 23 |
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| 163 | 163 | | States, is not eligible to adjust status to lawful permanent 24 |
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| 164 | 164 | | residence or for any other immigration benefit if the immi-25 |
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| 168 | 168 | | gration status the alien had at the time of departure did 1 |
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| 169 | 169 | | not authorize the alien to adjust status or to be eligible 2 |
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| 170 | 170 | | for such benefit. 3 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ‘‘(J)(i) Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), 4 |
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| 172 | 172 | | parole shall be granted to an alien under this paragraph 5 |
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| 173 | 173 | | for the shorter of— 6 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ‘‘(I) a period of sufficient length to accomplish 7 |
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| 175 | 175 | | the activity described in subparagraph (D) or (E) 8 |
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| 176 | 176 | | for which the alien was granted parole; or 9 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ‘‘(II) 1 year. 10 |
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| 178 | 178 | | ‘‘(ii) Grants of parole pursuant to subparagraph (A) 11 |
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| 179 | 179 | | may be extended once, in the discretion of the Secretary, 12 |
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| 180 | 180 | | for an additional period that is the shorter of— 13 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(I) the period that is necessary to accomplish 14 |
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| 182 | 182 | | the activity described in subparagraph (D) or (E) 15 |
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| 183 | 183 | | for which the alien was granted parole; or 16 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ‘‘(II) 1 year. 17 |
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| 185 | 185 | | ‘‘(iii) Aliens who have a pending application to adjust 18 |
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| 186 | 186 | | status to permanent residence under section 245 may re-19 |
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| 187 | 187 | | quest extensions of parole under this paragraph, in 1-year 20 |
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| 188 | 188 | | increments, until the application for adjustment has been 21 |
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| 189 | 189 | | adjudicated. Such parole shall terminate immediately upon 22 |
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| 190 | 190 | | the denial of such adjustment application. 23 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(K) Not later than 90 days after the last day of 24 |
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| 192 | 192 | | each fiscal year, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 25 |
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| 196 | 196 | | submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 1 |
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| 197 | 197 | | and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-2 |
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| 198 | 198 | | resentatives and make available to the public, a report— 3 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ‘‘(i) identifying the total number of aliens pa-4 |
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| 200 | 200 | | roled into the United States under this paragraph 5 |
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| 201 | 201 | | during the previous fiscal year; and 6 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(ii) containing information and data regarding 7 |
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| 203 | 203 | | all aliens paroled during such fiscal year, includ-8 |
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| 204 | 204 | | ing— 9 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ‘‘(I) the duration of parole; 10 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ‘‘(II) the type of parole; and 11 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(III) the current status of the aliens so 12 |
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| 208 | 208 | | paroled.’’. 13 |
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| 209 | 209 | | SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION. 14 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (a) I |
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| 211 | 211 | | NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 15 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 16 |
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| 213 | 213 | | take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of 17 |
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| 214 | 214 | | the enactment of this Act. 18 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (b) E |
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| 216 | 216 | | XCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a)— 19 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (1) any application for parole or advance parole 20 |
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| 218 | 218 | | filed by an alien before the date of the enactment of 21 |
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| 219 | 219 | | this Act shall be adjudicated under the law that was 22 |
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| 220 | 220 | | in effect on the date on which the application was 23 |
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| 221 | 221 | | properly filed and any approved advance parole shall 24 |
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| 225 | 225 | | remain valid under the law that was in effect on the 1 |
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| 226 | 226 | | date on which the advance parole was approved; 2 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (2) section 212(d)(5)(I) of the Immigration and 3 |
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| 228 | 228 | | Nationality Act, as added by section 2(b), shall take 4 |
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| 229 | 229 | | effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and 5 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (3) aliens who were paroled into the United 6 |
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| 231 | 231 | | States pursuant to section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Im-7 |
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| 232 | 232 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 233 | 233 | | 1182(d)(5)(A)) before January 1, 2023, shall con-9 |
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| 234 | 234 | | tinue to be subject to the terms of parole that were 10 |
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| 235 | 235 | | in effect on the date on which their respective parole 11 |
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| 236 | 236 | | was approved. 12 |
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| 237 | 237 | | SEC. 4. CAUSE OF ACTION. 13 |
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| 238 | 238 | | Any person, State, or local government that experi-14 |
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| 239 | 239 | | ences financial harm in excess of $1,000 due to a failure 15 |
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| 240 | 240 | | of the Federal Government to lawfully apply the provisions 16 |
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| 241 | 241 | | of this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall have 17 |
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| 242 | 242 | | standing to bring a civil action against the Federal Gov-18 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ernment in an appropriate district court of the United 19 |
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| 244 | 244 | | States. 20 |
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| 245 | 245 | | SEC. 5. SEVERABILITY. 21 |
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| 246 | 246 | | If any provision of this Act or any amendment by 22 |
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| 247 | 247 | | this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-23 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be uncon-24 |
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| 249 | 249 | | stitutional, the remainder of this Act and the application 25 |
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| 253 | 253 | | of such provision or amendment to any other person or 1 |
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| 254 | 254 | | circumstance shall not be affected. 2 |
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