Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 11/1/2022
Actions
- 2022-11-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- 2021-05-25Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2021-05-25Introduced in House
- 2021-05-25Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-25 (00)
Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2021
This bill provides for 4,000 additional special immigrant visas to qualified nationals of Afghanistan who were employed by or on behalf of the United States or the International Security Assistance Force after October 6, 2001. The visa allotment, in addition to any unused allocations of such special immigrant visas since FY2015, shall be available beginning FY2021, and unused visas shall carry over to subsequent fiscal years until exhausted.
Cosponsors (20)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- DON YOUNG (R-AK)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
- Jason Crow (D-CO)
- JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
- Michael Waltz (R-FL)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
- Brian Mast (R-FL)
- Conor Lamb (D-PA)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- Peter Meijer (R-MI)
- Scott Peters (D-CA)
- Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)
- Tom Malinowski (D-NJ)
- ADAM SCHIFF (D-CA)
- Ami Bera (D-CA)
Subjects
- Administrative remedies
- Afghanistan
- Asia
- Conflicts and wars
- Foreign labor
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Immigration status and procedures
- Military operations and strategy
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Visas and passports
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