Judiciary Committee, Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
American Right to Family Act This bill requires the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for an alien parent or spouse who meets certain requirements. To be eligible for cancellation of removal and adjustment of status under this bill, an alien must (1) meet certain residency-related requirements, such as having been physically present in the United States for at least 10 years or having received a deferral of removal under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy; (2) be a parent of either a U.S. national or an individual who first entered the United States under 16 years of age and has been continuously present in the United States since entry; and (3) not be barred from receiving certain immigration benefits on specified grounds, including certain grounds related to criminal conduct or national security. The Department of Homeland Security may waive certain crime-related grounds of inadmissibility for reasons related to the public interest, subject to various limitations. An alien whose removal is canceled under this bill shall be adjusted to temporary resident status for a three-year period, which may be renewed. Furthermore, a cancellation for removal or adjustment of status under this bill shall not count toward certain annual numerical limitations on such actions. The bill also establishes a nonimmigrant W visa available to (1) an alien parent eligible for cancellation for removal and adjustment of status under this bill, and (2) an alien spouse of a U.S. national who meets the residency-related requirements described above and not barred. W visas shall have no annual numerical limitations.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Immigration
Administrative remediesAssault and harassment offensesBorder security and unlawful immigrationCitizenship and naturalizationCrimes against childrenCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of JusticeDomestic violence and child abuseDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEvidence and witnessesFamily relationshipsForeign laborHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresJuvenile crime and gang violenceMotor vehiclesSex offensesVisas and passports
American Right to Family Act
USA117th CongressHR-1435| House
| Updated: 4/28/2021
American Right to Family Act This bill requires the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for an alien parent or spouse who meets certain requirements. To be eligible for cancellation of removal and adjustment of status under this bill, an alien must (1) meet certain residency-related requirements, such as having been physically present in the United States for at least 10 years or having received a deferral of removal under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy; (2) be a parent of either a U.S. national or an individual who first entered the United States under 16 years of age and has been continuously present in the United States since entry; and (3) not be barred from receiving certain immigration benefits on specified grounds, including certain grounds related to criminal conduct or national security. The Department of Homeland Security may waive certain crime-related grounds of inadmissibility for reasons related to the public interest, subject to various limitations. An alien whose removal is canceled under this bill shall be adjusted to temporary resident status for a three-year period, which may be renewed. Furthermore, a cancellation for removal or adjustment of status under this bill shall not count toward certain annual numerical limitations on such actions. The bill also establishes a nonimmigrant W visa available to (1) an alien parent eligible for cancellation for removal and adjustment of status under this bill, and (2) an alien spouse of a U.S. national who meets the residency-related requirements described above and not barred. W visas shall have no annual numerical limitations.
Judiciary Committee, Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Immigration
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Administrative remediesAssault and harassment offensesBorder security and unlawful immigrationCitizenship and naturalizationCrimes against childrenCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of JusticeDomestic violence and child abuseDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEvidence and witnessesFamily relationshipsForeign laborHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresJuvenile crime and gang violenceMotor vehiclesSex offensesVisas and passports