HOPE Act
- Last Action
- 7/12/2022
Actions
- 2022-07-12Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-739.
- 2021-06-24Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2021-06-24Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-24 (00)
Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile Act or the HOPE Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to parole into the United States an alien veteran who (1) is seeking temporary admission to receive health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and (2) is outside the United States after having been ordered removed or voluntarily departed from the United States.
Such parole may not be available for an alien who is inadmissible due to a criminal conviction for a crime of violence, excluding a purely political offense, or a crime that endangers U.S. national security, for which the alien has served at least five years in prison.
Cosponsors (5)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Subjects
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Immigration status and procedures
- Veterans' medical care
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