3.0.0 3918 2023-01-15T10:18:05Z 2023-01-15T10:18:05Z House H HR 2004-03-09 108 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2004-04-02T17:07:18Z Referred to 2004-03-09T17:30:00Z 2004-04-02 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. Committee 2004-03-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2004-03-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-03-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2004-03-09 True C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2004-04-28 False C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2004-04-28 False K000180 Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] CAROLYN KILPATRICK D MI CHEEKS 13 2004-04-28 False M001148 Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17] Kendrick Meek D FL B. 17 2004-04-28 False R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2004-04-28 False T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2004-04-28 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2004-04-28 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2004-04-28 False Immigration Administrative fees Administrative remedies Admission of nonimmigrants Africa (Sub-Saharan) Alien labor Aliens Arrest Bail Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Computer software Computers Confidential communications Congress Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal aliens Criminal justice information Department of Homeland Security Department of Labor Deportation Detention of persons Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education Employee rights English language Executive reorganization Families Fingerprints Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Haiti Haiti compilation Haitians Health Hours of labor Identification of criminals Illegal aliens Immigrants Injunctions Labor and Employment Latin America Law Liberia Limitation of actions Literacy programs Married people Minimum wages Minorities Minority employment Naturalization Occupational health and safety Occupational retraining Parents Reading Recruiting of employees Refugees Residence requirements Science, Technology, Communications Sunset legislation Travel Visas Whistle blowing Witnesses Immigration 00 2004-03-09 Introduced in House 2004-04-21T18:26:46Z Comprehensive Immigration Fairness Reform Act of 2004 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to make permanently available the exception to the adjustment of status bar for beneficiaries of family petitions or labor certification applications.

Adds grounds for discretionary waiver of inadmissibility.

Authorizes K nonimmigrant status for family members of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (LPRs) who are awaiting immigrant visas.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security, in specified circumstances, to disregard as an aggravated felony (with immigration consequences) certain criminal convictions.

Provides that a person who is a child on the last day of the 90-day period after an application for INA benefits (that has not been acted upon) is filed shall be considered to be a child for all purposes related to such application.

Establishes a program for earned access to legalization.

Expands the list of unfair immigration-related employment practices. Prohibits the disclosure of and reliance on immigration status and identity information obtained during related proceedings.

Requires petitioners for nonimmigrant workers to file affidavits describing efforts to recruit U.S. citizens or LPRs.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an employment training program for unemployed U.S. workers. Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish an Office to Preserve American Jobs.

Doubles the numerical cap on worldwide diversity immigrant visas.

Provides for adjustment of status of certain Haitian nationals. Eliminates mandatory detention in asylum seekers' expedited removal proceedings. Amends the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 to remove document fraud as a ground of inadmissibility and to address child-related determinations.

Provides for adjustment of status of certain Liberian nationals and their family members.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to reduce the physical presence requirement for naturalization in extraordinary circumstances.

]]> Comprehensive Immigration Fairness Reform Act of 2004 Display Title Comprehensive Immigration Fairness Reform Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reunify families, permit earned access to permanent resident status, provide protection against unfair immigration-related employment practices, reform the diversity visa program, provide adjustment of status for Haitians and Liberian nationals, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Comprehensive Immigration Fairness Reform Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-03-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr3918ih/xml/BILLS-108hr3918ih.xml 2004-04-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.