Judiciary Committee, Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Reuniting Families Act This bill makes various immigration law changes, such as increasing the annual caps for certain immigrant visas and establishing that permanent partners are generally treated as spouses. The bill also expands which familial relationships are considered as immediate family and therefore not subject to annual limits, repeals specified bars from admission for unlawfully present aliens, and limits what constitutes a misrepresentation of citizenship status—a deportable offense—by requiring a willful misrepresentation.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Immigration
Administrative remediesAsiaBusiness investment and capitalCaribbean areaCitizenship and naturalizationCriminal justice information and recordsCubaDepartment of Homeland SecurityDomestic violence and child abuseFamily relationshipsForeign laborFraud offenses and financial crimesHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresLatin AmericaMarriage and family statusMilitary personnel and dependentsPhilippinesRefugees, asylum, displaced personsU.S. and foreign investmentsVisas and passports
Reuniting Families Act
USA116th CongressHR-3799| House
| Updated: 8/12/2019
Reuniting Families Act This bill makes various immigration law changes, such as increasing the annual caps for certain immigrant visas and establishing that permanent partners are generally treated as spouses. The bill also expands which familial relationships are considered as immediate family and therefore not subject to annual limits, repeals specified bars from admission for unlawfully present aliens, and limits what constitutes a misrepresentation of citizenship status—a deportable offense—by requiring a willful misrepresentation.
Judiciary Committee, Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Immigration
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Administrative remediesAsiaBusiness investment and capitalCaribbean areaCitizenship and naturalizationCriminal justice information and recordsCubaDepartment of Homeland SecurityDomestic violence and child abuseFamily relationshipsForeign laborFraud offenses and financial crimesHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresLatin AmericaMarriage and family statusMilitary personnel and dependentsPhilippinesRefugees, asylum, displaced personsU.S. and foreign investmentsVisas and passports