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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 225 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform temporary protected |
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| 6 | 6 | | status, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY23, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | ANKS(for himself, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, and Mr. LEE) introduced the fol- |
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| 11 | 11 | | lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform |
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| 15 | 15 | | temporary protected status, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Unaccountable 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Amnesty Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) P |
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| 23 | 23 | | OWERTODESIGNATE AFOREIGNSTATE.—Sec-7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tion 244(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | U.S.C. 1254a(b)) is amended— 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | inserting the following: 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NITIAL DESIGNATION.—For purposes of 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | this section, a foreign state may be designated upon 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the enactment of an Act that satisfies the following 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | requirements: 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(A) The Act shall contain a finding 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | that— 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(i) there is an ongoing armed conflict 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | within the state and, due to such conflict, 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | requiring the return of aliens who are na-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | tionals of that state (or to the part of the 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | state) would pose a serious threat to their 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | personal safety; 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(ii)(I) there has been an earthquake, 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | flood, drought, epidemic, or other imme-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | diately life-threatening environmental dis-17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | aster in the state resulting in a substan-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tial, but temporary, disruption of living 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | conditions in the area affected; 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(II) the foreign state is unable, tem-21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | porarily, to handle adequately the return to 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | the state of aliens who are nationals of the 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | state; and 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(III) the foreign state officially has 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | requested designation under this subpara-2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | graph; or 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(iii)(I) there exist extraordinary and 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | temporary conditions in the foreign state 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | that prevent aliens who are nationals of 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | the state from returning to the state in 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | safety; and 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(II) permitting the aliens to remain 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | temporarily in the United States is not 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | contrary to the national interest of the 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | United States. 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(B) The Act shall include— 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(i) an estimate of the number of na-14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | tionals of the foreign state who are (or 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | within the effective period of the designa-16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | tion are likely to become) eligible for tem-17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | porary protected status under this section; 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(ii) such nationals’ immigration sta-19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | tus in the United States; and 20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(iii) a time period for the effective-21 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ness of the designation that is not greater 22 |
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| 79 | 79 | | than 12 months. 23 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(2) T |
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| 81 | 81 | | ERMINATION.— 24 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(A) TIMELY TERMINATION.—If an initial 1 |
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| 86 | 86 | | designation of a foreign state is not extended 2 |
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| 87 | 87 | | under paragraph (3), the initial designation 3 |
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| 88 | 88 | | shall terminate at the end of the time period 4 |
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| 89 | 89 | | described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii). 5 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(B) E |
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| 91 | 91 | | ARLY TERMINATION.—For purposes 6 |
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| 92 | 92 | | of this section, the designation of a foreign 7 |
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| 93 | 93 | | state shall be terminated upon the enactment of 8 |
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| 94 | 94 | | an Act that contains a finding that the foreign 9 |
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| 95 | 95 | | state (or part of such foreign state) no longer 10 |
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| 96 | 96 | | meets the conditions for designation under 11 |
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| 97 | 97 | | paragraph (1)(A). 12 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(3) E |
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| 99 | 99 | | XTENSION.—For purposes of this sec-13 |
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| 100 | 100 | | tion, the time period for the effectiveness of the des-14 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ignation of a foreign state may be extended upon the 15 |
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| 102 | 102 | | enactment of an Act that includes— 16 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ‘‘(A) a finding that the conditions for des-17 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ignation under paragraph (1)(A) continue to be 18 |
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| 105 | 105 | | met; and 19 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘(B) a time period for the effectiveness of 20 |
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| 107 | 107 | | the extension that is not greater than 12 21 |
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| 108 | 108 | | months.’’; and 22 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘of the At-23 |
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| 110 | 110 | | torney General’’ and inserting ‘‘made in any Act’’. 24 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (b) ALIENSLACKINGLAWFULIMMIGRATIONSTA-1 |
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| 115 | 115 | | TUS.—Section 244(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Na-2 |
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| 116 | 116 | | tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(B)) is amended— 3 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the end 4 |
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| 118 | 118 | | and inserting a semicolon; 5 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 6 |
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| 120 | 120 | | end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 7 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 8 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ‘‘(iii) the alien lacks a lawful immigra-9 |
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| 123 | 123 | | tion status.’’. 10 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (c) C |
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| 125 | 125 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Section 244 of the 11 |
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| 126 | 126 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a) is 12 |
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| 127 | 127 | | amended— 13 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (1) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘If the At-14 |
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| 129 | 129 | | torney General terminates the designation of a for-15 |
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| 130 | 130 | | eign state (or part of such foreign state) under sub-16 |
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| 131 | 131 | | section (b)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘If the designation 17 |
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| 132 | 132 | | of a foreign state (or part of such foreign state) is 18 |
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| 133 | 133 | | terminated under subsection (b)(2)’’; and 19 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (2) in subsection (i)(1)— 20 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the 21 |
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| 136 | 136 | | comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 22 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, 23 |
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| 138 | 138 | | and’’ and inserting a period; and 24 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (C) by striking subparagraph (C). 25 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (d) TECHNICALCORRECTIONS.—Section 244 of the 1 |
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| 144 | 144 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), as 2 |
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| 145 | 145 | | amended by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, is fur-3 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ther amended— 4 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 5 |
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| 148 | 148 | | it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-6 |
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| 149 | 149 | | curity’’; and 7 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (2) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘Attorney 8 |
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| 151 | 151 | | General’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 9 |
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| 152 | 152 | | Security’s’’. 10 |
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| 153 | 153 | | SEC. 3. UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN. 11 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (a) R |
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| 155 | 155 | | EPATRIATION OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN 12 |
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| 156 | 156 | | C |
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| 157 | 157 | | HILDREN.— 13 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (1) I |
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| 159 | 159 | | N GENERAL.—Section 235 of the William 14 |
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| 160 | 160 | | Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reau-15 |
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| 161 | 161 | | thorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232) is amend-16 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ed— 17 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (A) in subsection (a)— 18 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (i) in paragraph (2)— 19 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (I) by amending the heading to 20 |
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| 166 | 166 | | read as follows: ‘‘R |
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| 167 | 167 | | ULES FOR UNAC-21 |
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| 168 | 168 | | COMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN .—’’; 22 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (II) in subparagraph (A)— 23 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (aa) in the matter preceding 24 |
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| 171 | 171 | | clause (i), by striking ‘‘who is a 25 |
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| 175 | 175 | | national or habitual resident of a 1 |
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| 176 | 176 | | country that is contiguous with 2 |
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| 177 | 177 | | the United States’’; 3 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (bb) in clause (i), by insert-4 |
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| 179 | 179 | | ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 5 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (cc) in clause (ii), by strik-6 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ing ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-7 |
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| 182 | 182 | | riod; and 8 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (dd) by striking clause (iii); 9 |
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| 184 | 184 | | and 10 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (III) in subparagraph (B)— 11 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (aa) in the matter preceding 12 |
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| 187 | 187 | | clause (i), by striking ‘‘(8 U.S.C. 13 |
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| 188 | 188 | | 1101 et seq.) may—’’ and insert-14 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ing ‘‘(8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.)—’’; 15 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (bb) in clause (i), by insert-16 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ing ‘‘may’’ before ‘‘permit such 17 |
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| 192 | 192 | | child to withdraw’’; and 18 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (cc) in clause (ii), by insert-19 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ing ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘return such 20 |
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| 195 | 195 | | child’’; and 21 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (ii) in paragraph (5)(D)— 22 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (I) in the matter preceding clause 23 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (i), by striking ‘‘, except for an unac-24 |
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| 199 | 199 | | companied alien child from a contig-25 |
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| 203 | 203 | | uous country subject to exceptions 1 |
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| 204 | 204 | | under subsection (a)(2),’’ and insert-2 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ing ‘‘who does not meet the criteria 3 |
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| 206 | 206 | | listed in paragraph (2)(A)’’; and 4 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (II) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, 5 |
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| 208 | 208 | | which shall include a hearing before 6 |
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| 209 | 209 | | an immigration judge not later than 7 |
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| 210 | 210 | | 14 days after being screened under 8 |
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| 211 | 211 | | paragraph (4)’’ before the semicolon 9 |
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| 212 | 212 | | at the end; 10 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (B) in subsection (b)— 11 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (i) in paragraph (2)— 12 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (I) in subparagraph (A), by in-13 |
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| 216 | 216 | | serting ‘‘believed not to meet the cri-14 |
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| 217 | 217 | | teria listed in subsection (a)(2)(A)’’ 15 |
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| 218 | 218 | | after ‘‘child’’; and 16 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (II) in subparagraph (B), by in-17 |
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| 220 | 220 | | serting ‘‘and does not meet the cri-18 |
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| 221 | 221 | | teria listed in subsection (a)(2)(A)’’ 19 |
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| 222 | 222 | | after ‘‘age’’; and 20 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘an 21 |
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| 224 | 224 | | unaccompanied alien child in custody 22 |
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| 225 | 225 | | shall’’ and all that follows through 23 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘child.’’, and inserting the following: ‘‘an 24 |
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| 227 | 227 | | unaccompanied alien child in custody— 25 |
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| 231 | 231 | | ‘‘(A) in the case of a child who does not 1 |
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| 232 | 232 | | meet the criteria listed in subsection (a)(2)(A), 2 |
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| 233 | 233 | | shall transfer the custody of such child to the 3 |
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| 234 | 234 | | Secretary of Health and Human Services not 4 |
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| 235 | 235 | | later than 30 days after determining that such 5 |
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| 236 | 236 | | child is an unaccompanied alien child who does 6 |
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| 237 | 237 | | not meet such criteria; or 7 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ‘‘(B) in the case of a child who meets the 8 |
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| 239 | 239 | | criteria listed in subsection (a)(2)(A), may 9 |
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| 240 | 240 | | transfer the custody of such child to the Sec-10 |
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| 241 | 241 | | retary of Health and Human Services after de-11 |
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| 242 | 242 | | termining that such child is an unaccompanied 12 |
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| 243 | 243 | | alien child who meets such criteria.’’; and 13 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (C) in subsection (c)— 14 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (i) in paragraph (3), by inserting at 15 |
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| 246 | 246 | | the end the following: 16 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ‘‘(D) I |
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| 248 | 248 | | NFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUALS 17 |
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| 249 | 249 | | WITH WHOM CHILDREN ARE PLACED .— 18 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 251 | 251 | | NFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED 19 |
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| 252 | 252 | | TO HOMELAND SECURITY .—Before placing 20 |
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| 253 | 253 | | a child with an individual, the Secretary of 21 |
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| 254 | 254 | | Health and Human Services shall provide 22 |
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| 255 | 255 | | to the Secretary of Homeland Security, re-23 |
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| 256 | 256 | | garding the individual with whom the child 24 |
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| 257 | 257 | | will be placed, information on— 25 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ‘‘(I) the name of the individual; 1 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ‘‘(II) the social security number 2 |
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| 263 | 263 | | of the individual; 3 |
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| 264 | 264 | | ‘‘(III) the date of birth of the in-4 |
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| 265 | 265 | | dividual; 5 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ‘‘(IV) the location of the individ-6 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ual’s residence where the child will be 7 |
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| 268 | 268 | | placed; 8 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ‘‘(V) the immigration status of 9 |
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| 270 | 270 | | the individual, if known; and 10 |
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| 271 | 271 | | ‘‘(VI) contact information for the 11 |
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| 272 | 272 | | individual. 12 |
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| 273 | 273 | | ‘‘(ii) A |
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| 274 | 274 | | CTIVITIES OF THE SECRETARY 13 |
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| 275 | 275 | | OF HOMELAND SECURITY .—Not later than 14 |
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| 276 | 276 | | 30 days after receiving the information 15 |
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| 277 | 277 | | listed in clause (i), the Secretary of Home-16 |
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| 278 | 278 | | land Security, upon determining that an 17 |
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| 279 | 279 | | individual with whom a child is placed is 18 |
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| 280 | 280 | | unlawfully present in the United States 19 |
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| 281 | 281 | | and not in removal proceedings pursuant 20 |
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| 282 | 282 | | to chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration 21 |
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| 283 | 283 | | and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et 22 |
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| 284 | 284 | | seq.), shall initiate such removal pro-23 |
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| 285 | 285 | | ceedings.’’; and 24 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (ii) in paragraph (5), in the first sen-1 |
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| 290 | 290 | | tence— 2 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (I) by inserting ‘‘(at no expense 3 |
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| 292 | 292 | | to the Government)’’ after ‘‘to the 4 |
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| 293 | 293 | | greatest extent practicable’’; and 5 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (II) by striking ‘‘have counsel to 6 |
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| 295 | 295 | | represent them’’ and inserting ‘‘have 7 |
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| 296 | 296 | | access to counsel to represent them’’. 8 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (2) E |
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| 298 | 298 | | FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 9 |
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| 299 | 299 | | by this section shall apply to any unaccompanied 10 |
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| 300 | 300 | | alien child (as such term is defined in section 462(g) 11 |
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| 301 | 301 | | of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 12 |
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| 302 | 302 | | 279(g))) apprehended on or after the date that is 30 13 |
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| 303 | 303 | | days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 14 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (b) S |
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| 305 | 305 | | PECIALIMMIGRANTJUVENILESTATUS FORIM-15 |
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| 306 | 306 | | MIGRANTSUNABLETOREUNITEWITHEITHERPAR-16 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ENT.—Section 101(a)(27)(J) of the Immigration and Na-17 |
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| 308 | 308 | | tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)) is amended— 18 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and whose reuni-19 |
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| 310 | 310 | | fication with 1 or both of the immigrant’s parents 20 |
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| 311 | 311 | | is not viable due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or 21 |
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| 312 | 312 | | a similar basis found under State law’’; and 22 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (2) in clause (iii)— 23 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 24 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (B) in subclause (II), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 1 |
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| 320 | 320 | | after the semicolon; and 2 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 322 | 322 | | ‘‘(III) an alien may not be grant-4 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ed special immigrant status under this 5 |
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| 324 | 324 | | subparagraph if the alien’s reunifica-6 |
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| 325 | 325 | | tion with any one parent or legal 7 |
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| 326 | 326 | | guardian is not precluded by abuse, 8 |
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| 327 | 327 | | neglect, abandonment, or any similar 9 |
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| 328 | 328 | | cause under State law;’’. 10 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (c) R |
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| 330 | 330 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-11 |
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| 331 | 331 | | tion shall be construed to limit the following procedures 12 |
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| 332 | 332 | | or practices relating to an unaccompanied alien child (as 13 |
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| 333 | 333 | | defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 14 |
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| 334 | 334 | | of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))): 15 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (1) Screening of such a child for a credible fear 16 |
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| 336 | 336 | | of return to his or her country of origin. 17 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (2) Screening of such a child to determine 18 |
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| 338 | 338 | | whether he or she was a victim of trafficking. 19 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (3) Department of Health and Human Services 20 |
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| 340 | 340 | | policy in effect on the date of the enactment of this 21 |
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| 341 | 341 | | Act requiring a home study for such a child if he or 22 |
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| 342 | 342 | | she is under 12 years of age. 23 |
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| 347 | 347 | | MENT OF STATUS. 2 |
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| 348 | 348 | | (a) R |
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| 349 | 349 | | EPEAL.—Section 240A of the Immigration and 3 |
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| 350 | 350 | | Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229b) is repealed. 4 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (b) C |
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| 352 | 352 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—The Immigration 5 |
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| 353 | 353 | | and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended— 6 |
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| 354 | 354 | | (1) in section 101(a)— 7 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (A) in paragraph (13)(C)(v), by striking 8 |
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| 356 | 356 | | ‘‘or 240A(a)’’; 9 |
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| 357 | 357 | | (B) in paragraph (50), by striking ‘‘, 10 |
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| 358 | 358 | | 204(a)(1)(B)(ii)(II)(aa)(BB), or 11 |
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| 359 | 359 | | 240A(b)(2)(A)(i)(III)’’ and inserting ‘‘or 12 |
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| 360 | 360 | | 204(a)(1)(B)(ii)(II)(aa)(BB)’’; 13 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (2) by striking section 201(b)(1)(D); 14 |
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| 362 | 362 | | (3) in section 240— 15 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (A) in subsection (b)(7), by striking 16 |
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| 364 | 364 | | ‘‘240A,’’; 17 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (B) in subsection (c)(7)(C)(iv)(I), by strik-18 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ing ‘‘clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B), 19 |
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| 367 | 367 | | or 240A(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘or clause (ii) or 20 |
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| 368 | 368 | | (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)’’; 21 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘and sec-22 |
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| 370 | 370 | | tion 240A’’; 23 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (4) in section 240B(d)— 24 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 25 |
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| 373 | 373 | | ‘‘240A,’’; 26 |
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| 377 | 377 | | (B) in paragraph (2)— 1 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (i) by striking ‘‘240A or’’; and 2 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘under section 3 |
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| 380 | 380 | | 240A(b)(2), or’’; 4 |
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| 381 | 381 | | (5) in section 242(a)(2)(B)(i), by striking 5 |
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| 382 | 382 | | ‘‘240A,’’; 6 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (6) by striking section 244(e); 7 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (7) in section 245(l)(7), by striking 8 |
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| 385 | 385 | | ‘‘240A(b)(2),’’ and 9 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (8) by striking section 504(k)(3). 10 |
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| 387 | 387 | | SEC. 5. PROHIBITED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS FOR 11 |
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| 388 | 388 | | AIR TRAVEL. 12 |
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| 389 | 389 | | (a) P |
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| 390 | 390 | | ROHIBITEDIDENTIFICATIONDOCUMENTS AT 13 |
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| 391 | 391 | | A |
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| 392 | 392 | | IRPORTSECURITYCHECKPOINTS.—The Administrator 14 |
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| 393 | 393 | | of the Transportation Security Administration may not 15 |
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| 394 | 394 | | accept, as valid proof of identification, a prohibited identi-16 |
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| 395 | 395 | | fication document at an airport security checkpoint. 17 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (b) P |
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| 397 | 397 | | ROHIBITION ONOPERATIONS FORCERTAINAIR 18 |
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| 398 | 398 | | C |
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| 399 | 399 | | ARRIERS.— 19 |
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| 400 | 400 | | (1) I |
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| 401 | 401 | | N GENERAL.—Chapter 401 of title 49, 20 |
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| 402 | 402 | | United States Code, is amended by adding at the 21 |
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| 403 | 403 | | end the following: 22 |
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| 407 | 407 | | ‘‘§ 40133. Prohibition on operations of air carriers al-1 |
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| 408 | 408 | | lowing use of prohibited identification 2 |
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| 409 | 409 | | documents 3 |
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| 410 | 410 | | ‘‘An air carrier or foreign air carrier may not operate 4 |
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| 411 | 411 | | an aircraft in foreign air transportation or land such air-5 |
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| 412 | 412 | | craft at any airport in the United States if the air carrier 6 |
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| 413 | 413 | | or foreign air carrier allows the use of a prohibited identi-7 |
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| 414 | 414 | | fication document (as defined in section 5(c) of the End 8 |
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| 415 | 415 | | Unaccountable Amnesty Act) as identification to board 9 |
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| 416 | 416 | | such aircraft.’’. 10 |
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| 417 | 417 | | (2) C |
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| 418 | 418 | | LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The analysis for 11 |
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| 419 | 419 | | chapter 401 of title 49, United States Code, is 12 |
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| 420 | 420 | | amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-13 |
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| 421 | 421 | | tion 40132 the following: 14 |
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| 422 | 422 | | ‘‘40133. Prohibition on operations of air carriers allowing use of prohibited iden- |
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| 423 | 423 | | tification documents.’’. |
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| 424 | 424 | | (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘prohib-15 |
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| 425 | 425 | | ited identification document’’ means any of the following: 16 |
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| 426 | 426 | | (1) The CBP One Mobile Application. 17 |
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| 427 | 427 | | (2) A notice to appear issued by the Depart-18 |
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| 428 | 428 | | ment of Homeland Security pursuant to section 19 |
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| 429 | 429 | | 239(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 20 |
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| 430 | 430 | | U.S.C. 1229(a)). 21 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (3) Department of Homeland Security Form I– 22 |
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| 432 | 432 | | 385 (commonly known as a ‘‘Notice to Report’’). 23 |
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| 436 | 436 | | SEC. 6. IMMIGRATION PAROLE REFORM. 1 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (a) I |
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| 438 | 438 | | NGENERAL.—Section 212(d)(5) of the Immi-2 |
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| 439 | 439 | | gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is 3 |
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| 440 | 440 | | amended to read as follows: 4 |
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| 441 | 441 | | ‘‘(5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs 5 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (B) and (C) and section 214(f), the Secretary of 6 |
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| 443 | 443 | | Homeland Security, in the discretion of the Sec-7 |
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| 444 | 444 | | retary, may temporarily parole into the United 8 |
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| 445 | 445 | | States any alien applying for admission to the 9 |
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| 446 | 446 | | United States who is not present in the United 10 |
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| 447 | 447 | | States, under such conditions as the Secretary may 11 |
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| 448 | 448 | | prescribe, on a case-by-case basis, and not according 12 |
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| 449 | 449 | | to eligibility criteria describing an entire class of po-13 |
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| 450 | 450 | | tential parole recipients, for urgent humanitarian 14 |
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| 451 | 451 | | reasons or significant public benefit. Parole granted 15 |
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| 452 | 452 | | under this subparagraph may not be regarded as an 16 |
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| 453 | 453 | | admission of the alien. When the purposes of such 17 |
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| 454 | 454 | | parole have been served in the opinion of the Sec-18 |
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| 455 | 455 | | retary, the alien shall immediately return or be re-19 |
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| 456 | 456 | | turned to the custody from which the alien was pa-20 |
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| 457 | 457 | | roled. After such return, the case of the alien shall 21 |
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| 458 | 458 | | be dealt with in the same manner as the case of any 22 |
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| 459 | 459 | | other applicant for admission to the United States. 23 |
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| 460 | 460 | | ‘‘(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security may 24 |
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| 461 | 461 | | grant parole to any alien who— 25 |
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| 465 | 465 | | ‘‘(i) is present in the United States without 1 |
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| 466 | 466 | | lawful immigration status; 2 |
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| 467 | 467 | | ‘‘(ii) is the beneficiary of an approved peti-3 |
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| 468 | 468 | | tion under section 203(a); 4 |
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| 469 | 469 | | ‘‘(iii) is not otherwise inadmissible or re-5 |
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| 470 | 470 | | movable; and 6 |
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| 471 | 471 | | ‘‘(iv) is the spouse or child of a member of 7 |
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| 472 | 472 | | the Armed Forces serving on active duty. 8 |
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| 473 | 473 | | ‘‘(C) The Secretary of Homeland Security may 9 |
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| 474 | 474 | | grant parole to any alien— 10 |
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| 475 | 475 | | ‘‘(i) who is a national of the Republic of 11 |
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| 476 | 476 | | Cuba and is living in the Republic of Cuba; 12 |
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| 477 | 477 | | ‘‘(ii) who is the beneficiary of an approved 13 |
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| 478 | 478 | | petition under section 203(a); 14 |
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| 479 | 479 | | ‘‘(iii) for whom an immigrant visa is not 15 |
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| 480 | 480 | | immediately available; 16 |
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| 481 | 481 | | ‘‘(iv) who meets all eligibility requirements 17 |
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| 482 | 482 | | for an immigrant visa; 18 |
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| 483 | 483 | | ‘‘(v) who is not otherwise inadmissible; and 19 |
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| 484 | 484 | | ‘‘(vi) who is receiving a grant of parole in 20 |
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| 485 | 485 | | furtherance of the commitment of the United 21 |
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| 486 | 486 | | States to the minimum level of annual legal mi-22 |
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| 487 | 487 | | gration of Cuban nationals to the United States 23 |
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| 488 | 488 | | specified in the U.S.-Cuba Joint Communique´ 24 |
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| 489 | 489 | | on Migration, done at New York September 9, 25 |
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| 493 | 493 | | 1994, and reaffirmed in the Cuba-United 1 |
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| 494 | 494 | | States: Joint Statement on Normalization of 2 |
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| 495 | 495 | | Migration, Building on the Agreement of Sep-3 |
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| 496 | 496 | | tember 9, 1994, done at New York May 2, 4 |
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| 497 | 497 | | 1995. 5 |
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| 498 | 498 | | ‘‘(D) The Secretary of Homeland Security may 6 |
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| 499 | 499 | | grant parole to an alien who is returned to a contig-7 |
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| 500 | 500 | | uous country under section 235(b)(2)(C) to allow 8 |
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| 501 | 501 | | the alien to attend the alien’s immigration hearing. 9 |
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| 502 | 502 | | The grant of parole shall not exceed the time re-10 |
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| 503 | 503 | | quired for the alien to be escorted to, and attend, 11 |
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| 504 | 504 | | the alien’s immigration hearing scheduled on the 12 |
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| 505 | 505 | | same calendar day as the grant, and to immediately 13 |
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| 506 | 506 | | thereafter be escorted back to the contiguous coun-14 |
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| 507 | 507 | | try. A grant of parole under this subparagraph shall 15 |
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| 508 | 508 | | not be considered for purposes of determining 16 |
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| 509 | 509 | | whether the alien is inadmissible under this Act. 17 |
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| 510 | 510 | | ‘‘(E) For purposes of determining an alien’s eli-18 |
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| 511 | 511 | | gibility for parole under subparagraph (A), an ur-19 |
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| 512 | 512 | | gent humanitarian reason shall be limited to cir-20 |
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| 513 | 513 | | cumstances in which the alien establishes that— 21 |
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| 514 | 514 | | ‘‘(i)(I) the alien has a medical emergency; 22 |
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| 515 | 515 | | and 23 |
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| 519 | 519 | | ‘‘(II)(aa) the alien cannot obtain necessary 1 |
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| 520 | 520 | | treatment in the foreign state in which the alien 2 |
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| 521 | 521 | | is residing; or 3 |
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| 522 | 522 | | ‘‘(bb) the medical emergency is life-threat-4 |
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| 523 | 523 | | ening and there is insufficient time for the alien 5 |
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| 524 | 524 | | to be admitted through the normal visa process; 6 |
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| 525 | 525 | | ‘‘(ii) the alien is the parent or legal guard-7 |
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| 526 | 526 | | ian of an alien described in clause (i) and the 8 |
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| 527 | 527 | | alien described in clause (i) is a minor; 9 |
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| 528 | 528 | | ‘‘(iii) the alien is needed in the United 10 |
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| 529 | 529 | | States in order to donate an organ or other tis-11 |
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| 530 | 530 | | sue for transplant and there is insufficient time 12 |
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| 531 | 531 | | for the alien to be admitted through the normal 13 |
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| 532 | 532 | | visa process; 14 |
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| 533 | 533 | | ‘‘(iv) the alien has a close family member 15 |
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| 534 | 534 | | in the United States whose death is imminent 16 |
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| 535 | 535 | | and the alien could not arrive in the United 17 |
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| 536 | 536 | | States in time to see such family member alive 18 |
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| 537 | 537 | | if the alien were to be admitted through the 19 |
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| 538 | 538 | | normal visa process; 20 |
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| 539 | 539 | | ‘‘(v) the alien is seeking to attend the fu-21 |
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| 540 | 540 | | neral of a close family member and the alien 22 |
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| 541 | 541 | | could not arrive in the United States in time to 23 |
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| 542 | 542 | | attend such funeral if the alien were to be ad-24 |
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| 543 | 543 | | mitted through the normal visa process; 25 |
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| 547 | 547 | | ‘‘(vi) the alien is an adopted child with an 1 |
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| 548 | 548 | | urgent medical condition who is in the legal 2 |
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| 549 | 549 | | custody of the petitioner for a final adoption-re-3 |
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| 550 | 550 | | lated visa and whose medical treatment is re-4 |
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| 551 | 551 | | quired before the expected award of a final 5 |
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| 552 | 552 | | adoption-related visa; or 6 |
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| 553 | 553 | | ‘‘(vii) the alien is a lawful applicant for ad-7 |
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| 554 | 554 | | justment of status under section 245 and is re-8 |
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| 555 | 555 | | turning to the United States after temporary 9 |
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| 556 | 556 | | travel abroad. 10 |
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| 557 | 557 | | ‘‘(F) For purposes of determining an alien’s eli-11 |
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| 558 | 558 | | gibility for parole under subparagraph (A), a signifi-12 |
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| 559 | 559 | | cant public benefit may be determined to result from 13 |
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| 560 | 560 | | the parole of an alien only if— 14 |
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| 561 | 561 | | ‘‘(i) the alien has assisted (or will assist, 15 |
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| 562 | 562 | | whether knowingly or not) the United States 16 |
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| 563 | 563 | | Government in a law enforcement matter; 17 |
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| 564 | 564 | | ‘‘(ii) the alien’s presence is required by the 18 |
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| 565 | 565 | | Government in furtherance of such law enforce-19 |
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| 566 | 566 | | ment matter; and 20 |
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| 567 | 567 | | ‘‘(iii) the alien is inadmissible, does not 21 |
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| 568 | 568 | | satisfy the eligibility requirements for admission 22 |
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| 569 | 569 | | as a nonimmigrant, or there is insufficient time 23 |
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| 570 | 570 | | for the alien to be admitted through the normal 24 |
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| 571 | 571 | | visa process. 25 |
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| 575 | 575 | | ‘‘(G) For purposes of determining an alien’s eli-1 |
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| 576 | 576 | | gibility for parole under subparagraph (A), the term 2 |
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| 577 | 577 | | ‘case-by-case basis’ means that the facts in each in-3 |
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| 578 | 578 | | dividual case are considered and parole is not grant-4 |
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| 579 | 579 | | ed based on membership in a defined class of aliens 5 |
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| 580 | 580 | | to be granted parole. The fact that aliens are consid-6 |
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| 581 | 581 | | ered for or granted parole one-by-one and not as a 7 |
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| 582 | 582 | | group is not sufficient to establish that the parole 8 |
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| 583 | 583 | | decision is made on a ‘case-by-case basis’. 9 |
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| 584 | 584 | | ‘‘(H) The Secretary of Homeland Security may 10 |
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| 585 | 585 | | not use the parole authority under this paragraph to 11 |
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| 586 | 586 | | parole an alien into the United States for any reason 12 |
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| 587 | 587 | | or purpose other than those described in subpara-13 |
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| 588 | 588 | | graphs (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F). 14 |
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| 589 | 589 | | ‘‘(I) An alien granted parole may not accept 15 |
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| 590 | 590 | | employment, except that an alien granted parole 16 |
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| 591 | 591 | | pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (C) is authorized 17 |
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| 592 | 592 | | to accept employment for the duration of the parole, 18 |
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| 593 | 593 | | as evidenced by an employment authorization docu-19 |
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| 594 | 594 | | ment issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 20 |
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| 595 | 595 | | ‘‘(J) Parole granted after a departure from the 21 |
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| 596 | 596 | | United States shall not be regarded as an admission 22 |
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| 597 | 597 | | of the alien. An alien granted parole, whether as an 23 |
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| 598 | 598 | | initial grant of parole or parole upon reentry into 24 |
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| 599 | 599 | | the United States, is not eligible to adjust status to 25 |
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| 603 | 603 | | lawful permanent residence or for any other immi-1 |
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| 604 | 604 | | gration benefit if the immigration status the alien 2 |
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| 605 | 605 | | had at the time of departure did not authorize the 3 |
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| 606 | 606 | | alien to adjust status or to be eligible for such ben-4 |
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| 607 | 607 | | efit. 5 |
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| 608 | 608 | | ‘‘(K)(i) Except as provided in clauses (ii) and 6 |
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| 609 | 609 | | (iii), parole shall be granted to an alien under this 7 |
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| 610 | 610 | | paragraph for the shorter of— 8 |
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| 611 | 611 | | ‘‘(I) a period of sufficient length to accom-9 |
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| 612 | 612 | | plish the activity described in subparagraph 10 |
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| 613 | 613 | | (D), (E), or (F) for which the alien was grant-11 |
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| 614 | 614 | | ed parole; or 12 |
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| 615 | 615 | | ‘‘(II) 1 year. 13 |
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| 616 | 616 | | ‘‘(ii) Grants of parole pursuant to subparagraph 14 |
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| 617 | 617 | | (A) may be extended once, in the discretion of the 15 |
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| 618 | 618 | | Secretary, for an additional period that is the short-16 |
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| 619 | 619 | | er of— 17 |
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| 620 | 620 | | ‘‘(I) the period that is necessary to accom-18 |
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| 621 | 621 | | plish the activity described in subparagraph (E) 19 |
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| 622 | 622 | | or (F) for which the alien was granted parole; 20 |
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| 623 | 623 | | or 21 |
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| 624 | 624 | | ‘‘(II) 1 year. 22 |
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| 625 | 625 | | ‘‘(iii) Aliens who have a pending application to 23 |
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| 626 | 626 | | adjust status to permanent residence under section 24 |
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| 627 | 627 | | 245 may request extensions of parole under this 25 |
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| 631 | 631 | | paragraph, in 1-year increments, until the applica-1 |
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| 632 | 632 | | tion for adjustment has been adjudicated. Such pa-2 |
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| 633 | 633 | | role shall terminate immediately upon the denial of 3 |
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| 634 | 634 | | such adjustment application. 4 |
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| 635 | 635 | | ‘‘(L) The total number of aliens granted parole 5 |
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| 636 | 636 | | under this paragraph during any fiscal year may not 6 |
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| 637 | 637 | | exceed 1,000. 7 |
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| 638 | 638 | | ‘‘(M) Not later than 90 days after the last day 8 |
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| 639 | 639 | | of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-9 |
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| 640 | 640 | | rity shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 10 |
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| 641 | 641 | | of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 11 |
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| 642 | 642 | | of the House of Representatives and make available 12 |
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| 643 | 643 | | to the public, a report— 13 |
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| 644 | 644 | | ‘‘(i) identifying the total number of aliens 14 |
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| 645 | 645 | | paroled into the United States under this para-15 |
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| 646 | 646 | | graph during the previous fiscal year; and 16 |
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| 647 | 647 | | ‘‘(ii) containing information and data re-17 |
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| 648 | 648 | | garding all aliens paroled during such fiscal 18 |
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| 649 | 649 | | year, including— 19 |
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| 650 | 650 | | ‘‘(I) the duration of parole; 20 |
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| 651 | 651 | | ‘‘(II) the type of parole; and 21 |
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| 652 | 652 | | ‘‘(III) the current status of the aliens 22 |
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| 653 | 653 | | so paroled.’’. 23 |
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| 654 | 654 | | (b) I |
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| 659 | 659 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-1 |
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| 660 | 660 | | graph (2), this section and the amendments made by 2 |
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| 661 | 661 | | this section shall take effect on the date that is 30 3 |
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| 662 | 662 | | days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 4 |
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| 663 | 663 | | (2) E |
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| 664 | 664 | | XCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph 5 |
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| 665 | 665 | | (1), each of the following exceptions apply: 6 |
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| 666 | 666 | | (A) Any application for parole or advance 7 |
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| 667 | 667 | | parole filed by an alien before the date of the 8 |
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| 668 | 668 | | enactment of this Act shall be adjudicated 9 |
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| 669 | 669 | | under the law that was in effect on the date on 10 |
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| 670 | 670 | | which the application was properly filed and 11 |
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| 671 | 671 | | any approved advance parole shall remain valid 12 |
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| 672 | 672 | | under the law that was in effect on the date on 13 |
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| 673 | 673 | | which the advance parole was approved. 14 |
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| 674 | 674 | | (B) Section 212(d)(5)(J) of the Immigra-15 |
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| 675 | 675 | | tion and Nationality Act, as added by sub-16 |
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| 676 | 676 | | section (a), shall take effect on the date of the 17 |
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| 677 | 677 | | enactment of this Act. 18 |
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| 678 | 678 | | (C) Aliens who were paroled into the 19 |
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| 679 | 679 | | United States pursuant to section 212(d)(5)(A) 20 |
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| 680 | 680 | | of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 21 |
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| 681 | 681 | | U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)) before January 1, 2023, 22 |
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| 682 | 682 | | shall continue to be subject to the terms of pa-23 |
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| 683 | 683 | | role that were in effect on the date on which 24 |
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| 684 | 684 | | their respective parole was approved. 25 |
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| 688 | 688 | | (c) CAUSE OFACTION.—Any person, State, or local 1 |
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| 689 | 689 | | government that experiences financial harm in excess of 2 |
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| 690 | 690 | | $1,000 due to a failure of the Federal Government to law-3 |
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| 691 | 691 | | fully apply the provisions of this section or the amend-4 |
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| 692 | 692 | | ments made by this section shall have standing to bring 5 |
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| 693 | 693 | | a civil action against the Federal Government in an appro-6 |
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| 694 | 694 | | priate district court of the United States for appropriate 7 |
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| 695 | 695 | | relief. 8 |
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| 696 | 696 | | (d) S |
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| 697 | 697 | | EVERABILITY.—If any provision of this section 9 |
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| 698 | 698 | | or any amendment by this section, or the application of 10 |
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| 699 | 699 | | such provision or amendment to any person or cir-11 |
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| 700 | 700 | | cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 12 |
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| 701 | 701 | | of this section and the application of such provision or 13 |
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| 702 | 702 | | amendment to any other person or circumstance shall not 14 |
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| 703 | 703 | | be affected. 15 |
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