Congressional Bills
H.R. 52 (Introduced in House)
93 sections
- PreambleTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes.
- Sec. 1Short title; references to Act
- Sec. 101Increasing the allocation of family-based immigrant visas
- Sec. 102Protection against processing delays
- Sec. 103Temporary status pending receipt of permanent resident status
- Sec. 104Elimination of affidavit of support requirement
- Sec. 201Establishment of a Board of Visa Appeals
- Sec. 301Acquisition of citizenship for children born abroad and out of wedlock to a United States citizen father
- Sec. 302Allow aunts and uncles or grandparents to adopt orphaned or abandoned children of the deceased relative
- Sec. 303Relief for surviving spouses, children and parents
- Sec. 304Eliminating the widowed permanent resident’s naturalization penalty
- Sec. 401Findings
- Sec. 402Discretionary authority to deny family-sponsored classification petition by petitioner listed on national sex offender registry
- Sec. 403Removal of conditional permanent resident status
- Sec. 404Special task force to identify people named on the national sex offender registry who have filed family-based classification petitions
- Sec. 405Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 406Regulations
- Sec. 501Earned access to legalization
- Sec. 502Legalization provisions for children
- Sec. 503Updated registry provision
- Sec. 601Emergency deployment of United States Border Patrol agents
- Sec. 602Elimination of fixed deployment of United States Border Patrol agents
- Sec. 603Helicopters and power boats
- Sec. 604Control of United States Border Patrol assets
- Sec. 605Motor vehicles
- Sec. 606Portable computers
- Sec. 607Radio communications
- Sec. 608Hand-held global positioning system devices
- Sec. 609Night vision equipment
- Sec. 610Border armor
- Sec. 611Weapons
- Sec. 612Uniforms
- Sec. 621Detention facilities for aliens arrested for illegal entry
- Sec. 622Expansion and effective management of detention facilities
- Sec. 631Additional United States Border Patrol agents
- Sec. 632Provisions relating to the exercise of certain appointment and other similar authorities with respect to the United States Border Patrol
- Sec. 633Training facilities
- Sec. 634Operational facilities
- Sec. 635Maximum student loan repayments for United States Border Patrol agents
- Sec. 636Recruitment and relocation bonuses and retention allowances for personnel of the Department of Homeland Security
- Sec. 637Repeal of the Department of Homeland Security human resources management system
- Sec. 638Establishment of specialized inspector occupations
- Sec. 639Increase in inspectors at airport and land border inspection stations
- Sec. 640Law enforcement retirement coverage for inspection officers and other employees
- Sec. 641Reestablishment of the United States Border Patrol anti-smuggling unit
- Sec. 642Establishment of specialized criminal investigator occupations
- Sec. 643Establishment of career paths to criminal investigator positions
- Sec. 644Additional immigration enforcement agents
- Sec. 645Increase United States Border Patrol agent and inspector pay
- Sec. 646Fair Labor Standards Act overtime
- Sec. 651Foreign language training
- Sec. 652Foreign language awards
- Sec. 653Additional personnel for investigation of fraudulent schemes and document fraud
- Sec. 654Establish a special task force for coordinating and distributing information on fraudulent immigration documents
- Sec. 655New nonimmigrant visa classification to enable informants to enter the United States and remain temporarily
- Sec. 656Adjustment of status when needed to protect informants
- Sec. 657Rewards program
- Sec. 658Outreach program
- Sec. 701Unfair immigration-related employment practices
- Sec. 702Department of Labor task force
- Sec. 703Recruitment of American workers
- Sec. 801Right to counsel
- Sec. 802Presumption in favor of withdrawal of application for admission
- Sec. 803Absences outside the control of the alien
- Sec. 804Reinstatement of removal orders against aliens illegally reentering
- Sec. 805Permanent application of Section 245(i)
- Sec. 806Discretionary waiver of inadmissibility based on unlawful presence, failure to attend removal proceedings, and misrepresentations
- Sec. 807Waiver of inadmissibility for minor criminal offenses
- Sec. 808General waiver for aliens previously removed and for the unlawful presence bars
- Sec. 809Waiver of aggravated felony consequences
- Sec. 810Discretionary waiver to admit persons in unusual circumstances
- Sec. 811Restoration of suspension of deportation
- Sec. 901Definition of moral turpitude
- Sec. 902Aggravated felony definitions
- Sec. 903Definitions of conviction and term of imprisonment
- Sec. 904Eliminating retroactive changes in removal grounds
- Sec. 905Eliminating unfair retroactive changes in removal rules for persons previously removed
- Sec. 1001Increase in worldwide level of diversity immigrants
- Sec. 1101Adjustment of status for Haitians
- Sec. 1102Limitation on bond discretion
- Sec. 1103Elimination of mandatory detention in expedited removal proceedings
- Sec. 1104Amendments to Haitian and Immigrant Fairness Act of 1998
- Sec. 1105New applications and motions to reopen
- Sec. 1106Temporary protected status for Haitians
- Sec. 1201Refugee status for unmarried sons and daughters of refugees
- Sec. 1202Asylee status for unmarried sons and daughters of asylees
- Sec. 1203Elimination of arbitrary time limits on asylum applications
- Sec. 1204Gender-based persecution
- Sec. 1301Adjustment of status for certain recipients of temporary protected status
- Sec. 1302Foreign State designations
- Sec. 1401Naturalization provisions
- Sec. 1402Preventing inappropriate State and local government involvement in the enforcement of civil immigration provisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act
- Sec. 1403Nonimmigrant category for fashion models