S. 4243 · 116th Congress
Protect Children of Immigrant Workers Act
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This bill provides protections for an alien minor whose parent is the principal beneficiary of an employment-based immigrant petition.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jul 21, 2020
Protect Children of Immigrant Workers Act
This bill provides protections for an alien minor whose parent is the principal beneficiary of an employment-based immigrant petition.
Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall not detain or remove such a minor. The minor shall be eligible for nonimmigrant status, either dependent on the parent's status or otherwise, until a decision has been made on the minor's application for lawful permanent resident status.
Such a minor shall also qualify as a derivative beneficiary child for immigrant visa purposes starting from the approval of the parent's employment-based immigration petition until a decision has been made on the minor's application for permanent resident status, even if the parent is deceased.
These protections shall not apply if DHS determines that the minor poses a threat to public safety or national security.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Protect Children of Immigrant Workers Act
Latest action (Jul 21, 2020): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4354-4355)
Policy area: Immigration · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jul 21, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.