3.0.0 271 2022-11-01T15:17:49Z 2022-11-01T15:17:49Z Senate S 2019-01-30 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-01-30T17:21:00Z Families Belong Together Act 116 883 HR 2019-03-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS 2019-01-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-01-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Family relationships Immigration status and procedures Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Immigration 00 2019-01-30 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-27T17:59:37Z Families Belong Together Act

This bill grants lawful permanent resident status to certain aliens who were separated from immediate family members by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Children and their legal guardians or parents shall be eligible if  DHS separated them and failed to demonstrate in a hearing that the legal guardian or parent was unfit or presented a danger to the child. Such a child shall be eligible whether he or she remained in the custody of  DHS or the Office of Refugee Settlement, was released to a sponsor, or repatriated to his or her country of origin.

Individuals who are inadmissible for various grounds, including those related to criminal activity or security concerns, shall not be eligible.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall grant all applications from eligible individuals for humanitarian parole or for lawful permanent resident status, and no application fees may be charged.

]]> Families Belong Together Act Display Title Families Belong Together Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Families Belong Together Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to grant lawful permanent resident status to certain eligible persons who were separated from immediate family members by the Department of Homeland Security. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s271is/xml/BILLS-116s271is.xml 2019-01-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.