S.1167

Support

Family Sponsor Immigration Act of 2001: Introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), S.1167 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the substitution of an alternative close family sponsor in the case of the death of the person petitioning for an alien’s admission to the United States.

S. 672 

Support

Child Status Protection Act: Introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), S. 672 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the continued classification of certain aliens as children in cases where the aliens “age out” while awaiting immigration processing.

H.R. 1209

Support

Child Status Protection Act of 2001: Introduced by Representative George Gekas (R PA), H.R.1209 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to determine whether an alien is a child, for the family of U.S. citizens only, based on the age of the alien at the time that a petition to classify them is filed or at the time that they became eligible for immediate relative status.

S. 1291

No position

D.R.E.A.M. ACT: Introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on August 2001, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) would allow states to determine who is eligible for in-state tuition rates.  The bill would grant conditional residency through cancellation of removal and adjustment of status to undocumented students who are seeking college education and meet certain qualifications.  Applicants would only become permanent residents after they have obtained a college degree.   

S.1265

Support

Children's Adjustment, Relief, And Education (Care) Act Of 2001: Introduced by Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), S.1265 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the attorney general to cancel the removal and adjust the status of certain aliens who were brought to the United States as children.

S. 121

Support

Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2001:  Introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D- CA), S.121 would establish an Office of Children's Services within the Department of Justice to coordinate and implement government actions involving unaccompanied alien children.

H.R. 1918

Support

Student Adjustment Act of 2001: Introduced by Representatives Chris Canon (R-UT) and Howard Berman (D-CA), H.R. 1918 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to cancel the removal and adjust the status of certain alien college-bound students who are long-term U.S. residents, and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit states to determine state residency for higher education tuition.

H.R. 1904

Support

Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2001: Introduced by Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Chris Cannon (R-UT), H.R. 1904 would establish an Office of Children's Services within the Department of Justice to coordinate and implement Government actions involving unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1582

Support

Immigrant Children’s Educational Advancement and Dropout Prevention Act of 2001: Introduced by Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), H.R.1582 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to adjust the status of certain long-staying alien children, to lower high school drop out rates for certain immigrant children, and to restore the right of State and local governments to decide whom they will admit to their State and local colleges and universities.

S.955

Support

Immigrant Fairness Restoration Act of 2001: Introduced by Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Bob Graham (D-FL), S. 955 would provide comprehensive reform of the 1996 immigration laws, including: eliminating mandatory and indefinite detention; eliminating the bars to admissibility for unlawful presence; restoring waivers of certain grounds of inadmissibility established by the 1996 laws; and restoring due process, proportionality, judicial discretion, and judicial review to immigration law.

H.R. 1452

Support

Cancellation of Removal Reform Bill: Introduced by Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass), H.R. 1452 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the eligibility of certain long-term permanent resident aliens to seek cancellation of removal, and to reform some of the harsher provisions of IIRIARA.

H.R. 1266

Support

Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 2001: Introduced by Representative David Bonior (D-MI), H.R. 1266 would ensure that no alien is removed, denied a benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien.

H.R. 87

Support

Keeping Families Together Act of 2001: Introduced by Representative Bob Filner (D-CA), H.R. 87 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore certain provisions relating to the definition of aggravated felony and other provisions as they were before the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

S.1149

Support

Essential Workers/Chefs: Introduced by Senator Reid (D-NV), S.1149 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a new nonimmigrant category for chefs and individuals in related occupations.

S. 1259

Support

Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2001: Introduced by Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), S. 1259 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the admission of nonimmigrant nurses.

H.R. 2705

No position

Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2001: Introduced by Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), H.R. 2705 would modify the requirements applicable to the admission into the United States of H-1C nonimmigrant registered nurses. The bill limits the number of times an alien may take State licensure examination to two times and requires departure if alien fails to pass the examination twice. The bill also imposes a 195,000 numerical cap on H-1C visas.

H.R. 1562

Support

Immigration Restructuring and Accountability Act of 2001: Introduced by Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX). H.R. 1562 would replace the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the Office of the Associate Attorney General for Immigration Affairs, the Bureau of Immigration Services, and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3231

Oppose

INS Reorganization: Introduced by Representative Sensebrenner (R-WI), H.R. 3231 would replace the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the Agency for Immigration Affairs, and for other purposes. 

S.1829

Support

Airport Security Personal Protection Act: Introduced by Senator Feinstein (D-CA), S.1892 would provide for transitional employment eligibility for qualified lawful permanent resident alien airport security screeners until their naturalization process is completed, and to expedite that process.

S.1749

Support

S. 1518

Oppose

Visa Integrity And Security Act Of 2001: Introduced by Senator Bond (R-MO), S.1518 would express the sense of Congress that the Department of Justice should fully implement the entry-exit control data system as specified in Section 110 of IIRAIRA as expeditiously as practicable, with a focus on the development of biometric technology and tamper-proof identifications.  The bill also would provide access by the Department of State to criminal history databases (NCIC III), expand the data collection and reporting requirement relating to student visas, require tamper proof passports for participation in the Visa Waiver Program, and impose additional reporting requirements and penalties on H-1B employers. (House companion bill is H.R. 3077) 

H.R. 3043

No position

Student Tracking: Introduced by Representative Sweeney (R-NY), H.R. 3043 would provide for the establishment of an alien nonimmigrant student tracking system, the establishment of additional fees and reporting requirements.

H.R.3033

Support

Foreign Students Database Act Of 2001: Introduced by Representative McCollum (D-MN), H.R. 3033 would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to authorize the appropriation of funds for the program to collect information relating to nonimmigrant foreign students and to provide for a GAO review of such program.  

S.778

Support

245(i) Extension: Introduced by Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE), S.778 would expand the class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status under Section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by extending the deadline for classification petition and labor certification filings to April 30, 2002.

H.R. 1885

No position

Section 245(i) Extension Act of 2001: Introduced by Representative George Gekas (R-PA), H.R. 1885 would expand the class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status under Section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by extending the deadline for classification petition and labor certification filings.

H.R. 1713

Support

245(i) Restoration: Introduced by Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), H.R.1713 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore the scope of eligibility for adjustment of status under section 245(i) of that act to that in effect before November 1997.

HJRES59

Oppose

A Resolution Regarding United States Citizenship: Introduced by Representative Mark Foley (R-Fla.), HJRES59 would call for a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that no person born in the United States will be a United States citizen unless a parent is a United States citizen, is lawfully in the United States, or has a lawful immigration status at the time of the birth.

H.R. 190

Oppose

Clarifies the Effect on the Citizenship of an Individual Born in the United States: Introduced by Representative Bob Stump (R-AZ), H.R. 190 would declare that a person born in the U.S. to a mother who is a U.S. citizen, national or immigrant and is eligible to become or is a citizen or national of a country which either of his or her natural parents is a citizen or national, is not a U.S. citizen solely by virtue of being born in the U.S.

H.R.3286

Oppose

Moratorium: Introduced by Representative Weldon (R-FL), H.R. 3286 would provide for a temporary moratorium on visas for certain aliens, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3222

Oppose

High-tech Work Fairness and Economic Stimulus Act of 2001: Introduced by Representative Tancredo (R-CO), H.R. 3222 would limit the number of H1-B nonimmigrant visas issued in any fiscal year.

H.R. 3221

Oppose

Moratorium on Student Visas: Introduced by Representative Roukema (R-N.J.), H.R. 3221 would establish a temporary moratorium on the issuance of visas for nonimmigrant foreign students and other exchange program participants and change reporting requirements for universities under the foreign student-monitoring program.

H.R.3181

Oppose

Moratorium on Student Visas: Introduced by Representative Bilirakis (R-FL), H.R. 3181 would establish a temporary moratorium on the issuance of visas for nonimmigrant foreign students and other exchange program participants, change procedures for issuance of nonimmigrant student visas and for admission at ports of entry to the United States 

H.R. 2113

Oppose

Secret Evidence Rule: Introduced by Representative Rohrabacher (R-), H.R. 2113 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure that no permanent resident alien or alien in the United States with an unexpired visa is removed or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien.