Haiti Emergency Relief Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/2/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-02Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- 2017-02-13Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2017-02-13Introduced in House
- 2017-02-13Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-13 (00)
Haiti Emergency Relief Act of 2017
This bill extends 18-month temporary protected status to a national of Haiti who: (1) has been continuously physically present in the United States since November 4, 2016, (2) is admissible as an immigrant and not ineligible for temporary protected status, and (3) registers for temporary protected status in a manner that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall establish.
Such an alien may travel abroad if the alien establishes to the satisfaction of DHS that emergency and extenuating circumstances beyond the alien's control require his or her departure for a brief, temporary trip abroad.
Cosponsors (20)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- GREGORY MEEKS (D-NY)
- DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
- MAXINE WATERS (D-CA)
- Karen Bass (D-CA)
- Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
- Keith Ellison (D-MN)
- Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY)
- MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
Subjects
- Caribbean area
- Haiti
- Immigration status and procedures
- Latin America
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Travel and tourism
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