GRACE Act

United States118th CongressHR-63House of Representatives
Updated: Jan 9, 2023

Summary

Grant Relief for American Children's Elevation Act of 2023 or the GRACE Act This bill establishes that an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship includes a hardship resulting from a removal (or deportation) that separates the individual subject to removal from a family member who is a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the United States. Under current law, the Department of Homeland Security may cancel the removal of a non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) if the removal would result in an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to an immediate relative who is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

S-3714: GRACE Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  1. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    House of Representatives

  2. Introduced in House

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