3.0.0 4243 2023-01-11T13:45:38Z 2023-01-11T13:45:38Z Senate S 2020-07-21 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-21T20:45:35Z 2020-07-21 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4354-4355) IntroReferral 2020-07-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N Immigration Administrative remedies Child safety and welfare Department of Homeland Security Detention of persons Family relationships Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Visas and passports Immigration 00 2020-07-21 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-11T19:04:55Z 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.

]]> Protect Children of Immigrant Workers Act Display Title Protect Children of Immigrant Workers Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Protect Children of Immigrant Workers Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect children of certain immigrant workers from detention and removal and aging out of lawful status, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4243is/xml/BILLS-116s4243is.xml 2020-07-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4354-4355) 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.