[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1853 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1853

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for deferred 
action and parole only in for urgent humanitarian reasons or to gain a 
          significant public benefit, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2011

 Mr. Poe of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for deferred 
action and parole only in for urgent humanitarian reasons or to gain a 
          significant public benefit, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Deferred Action Reform Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. DEFERRED ACTION AND PAROLE.

    Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(d)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
                an alien may only be paroled into the United States or 
                granted deferred action of a final order of removal on 
                a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or 
                significant public benefit.''.
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