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Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a study regarding the effectiveness of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish as head of the Office an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Refugee and Asylee Resettlement. (Currently, the head of such Office is a Director.)

Directs the Assistant Secretary to: (1) report to Congress regarding states experiencing departures and arrivals due to secondary migration; and (2) expand the Office's data analysis, collection, and sharing activities to include data on mental and physical medical cases, housing needs, and refugee employment.

Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide refugee resettlement guidance to appropriate national, state, and local entities.

modernization act directs comptroller general gao conduct study effectiveness office_of_refugee_resettlement domestic refugee resettlement programs amends immigration nationality act establish head office assistant secretary health_and_human_services_for_refugee asylee resettlement currently head office director directs assistant secretary report congress states experiencing departures arrivals secondary migration expand office data analysis collection sharing activities include data mental physical medical cases housing needs refugee employment directs secretary state secretary health_and_human_services hhs provide refugee resettlement guidance appropriate national state local entities


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Alien Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to consider a legal alien to be a state resident for purposes of federal firearms possessions only if the alien is residing in a state in which he or she has resided for at least 90 days before the date of sale or delivery of a firearm.

Makes it illegal for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person is not a lawful U.S. permanent resident alien.

alien gun violence prevention act amends federal criminal code consider legal alien state resident purposes federal firearms possessions alien residing state resided days date sale delivery firearm makes illegal person sell dispose firearm ammunition person knowing having reasonable cause believe person lawful permanent resident alien


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Amends the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 to extend the program providing special immigrant status to qualifying Iraqis for an additional fiscal year.

Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to extend the program providing special immigrant status to qualifying Afghans through FY2014.

amends refugee crisis iraq act extend program providing special immigrant status qualifying iraqis additional fiscal year amends afghan allies protection act extend program providing special immigrant status qualifying fy2014


Summary: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any person who has received an award from the U.S. Armed Forces for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied specified naturalization requirements.

amends immigration nationality act deem person received award engagement active combat active participation combat satisfied specified naturalization requirements


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Remittance Status Verification Act of 2013 - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to require a remittance transfer provider, before initiating a transfer, to request from the sender of a remittance whose recipient is located in a country other than the United States proof of the sender's status under U.S. immigration laws.

Cites admissible documentation attesting to the sender's status, including a state-issued driver's license or federal passport.

Directs a remittance transfer provider to impose, upon any sender unable to provide such proof of status, a fine equal to 7% of the U.S. dollar amount to be transferred.

Requires submission to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) of all fines imposed and collected by a remittance transfer provider in order to pay the administrative and enforcement costs of implementing this Act.

Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the effects of the enactment of this Act.

remittance status verification act amends electronic fund transfer act require remittance transfer provider initiating transfer request sender remittance recipient located country united_states proof sender status immigration laws cites admissible documentation attesting sender status including state issued driver license federal passport directs remittance transfer provider impose sender unable provide proof status fine equal dollar transferred requires submission consumer_financial_protection_bureau cfpb fines imposed collected remittance transfer provider order pay administrative enforcement costs implementing act requires comptroller general gao study effects enactment act


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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to provide that the total number of aliens eligible for special immigrant status (Iraqis who were employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government in Iraq) during the first three months of FY2014 shall be the sum of: (1) the number of such aliens whose applications were pending on September 30, 2013, and (2) 2000. Imposes a deadline of December 15, 2013, for applications for special immigrant status.

Directs the Secretary of State to increase the fee or surcharge authorized under the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 by $1 for processing machine-readable nonimmigrant visas and machine-readable combined border crossing identification cards and nonimmigrant visas. Requires amounts collected as a result of the fee increase to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

measure amended introduced summary version repeated amends national defense authorization act fiscal year provide total number aliens eligible special immigrant status iraqis employed behalf government iraq months fy2014 shall sum number aliens applications pending september imposes deadline december applications special immigrant status directs secretary state increase fee surcharge authorized foreign relations authorization act fiscal years processing machine readable nonimmigrant visas machine readable combined border crossing identification cards nonimmigrant visas requires amounts collected result fee increase deposited general fund treasury


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Humane Short Term Custody Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to prescribe regulations establishing standards for short-term custody of individuals by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that provide for basic minimums of care at all CBP facilities that hold individuals in custody, including Border Patrol stations, ports of entry, checkpoints, forward operating bases, secondary inspection areas, and short-term custody facilities.

Requires: (1) that such regulations be fully consistent with national standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, and (2) annual facility inspections.

humane short term custody act directs secretary homeland_security dhs prescribe regulations establishing standards short term custody individuals cbp provide basic minimums care cbp facilities hold individuals custody including border patrol stations ports entry checkpoints forward operating bases secondary inspection areas short term custody facilities requires regulations fully consistent national standards prison_rape_elimination_act annual facility inspections


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Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the effectiveness of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs.

Requires the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to: (1) ensure that refugee assistance is provided to qualifying refugees who are secondary migrants; (2) report to Congress regarding states experiencing departures and arrivals due to secondary migration; and (3) expand the Office's data analysis, collection, and sharing activities to include data on mental and physical medical cases, housing needs, and refugee employment.

Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide refugee resettlement guidance to appropriate national, state, and local entities.

modernization act directs comptroller general gao study effectiveness office_of_refugee_resettlement domestic refugee resettlement programs requires director office_of_refugee_resettlement ensure refugee assistance provided qualifying refugees secondary migrants report congress states experiencing departures arrivals secondary migration expand office data analysis collection sharing activities include data mental physical medical cases housing needs refugee employment directs secretary state secretary health_and_human_services hhs provide refugee resettlement guidance appropriate national state local entities


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Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to prohibit unlawful aliens from being eligible for any postsecondary education benefit unless every citizen and national of this country is eligible to receive that benefit in no less of an amount, duration, or scope. (This replaces a prohibition on states offering unlawful aliens postsecondary benefits on the basis of their residence in the state that are more generous than those offered citizens or naturals of this country without regard to their state residence.)

Allows any citizen or national who is enrolled at a postsecondary educational institution that is alleged to have violated that prohibition to bring a civil action against any state official overseeing the institution to obtain appropriate relief, attorneys' fees, and court costs.

amends illegal immigration reform immigrant responsibility act prohibit unlawful aliens eligible postsecondary education benefit citizen national country eligible receive benefit duration scope replaces prohibition states offering unlawful aliens postsecondary benefits basis residence state generous offered citizens naturals country regard state residence allows citizen national enrolled postsecondary educational institution alleged violated prohibition bring civil action state official overseeing institution obtain appropriate relief attorneys fees court costs


Summary: Makes New Zealand nationals eligible to enter the United States as nonimmigrant traders and investors as provided for under the Immigration and Nationality Act if New Zealand provides reciprocal nonimmigrant treatment to U.S. nationals.

makes new_zealand nationals eligible enter united_states nonimmigrant traders investors provided immigration nationality act new_zealand provides reciprocal nonimmigrant treatment nationals


Summary: Subnational Visa Waiver Program Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make a territory or region eligible for designation as a visa waiver program country if it is accorded treatment under a particular U.S. law different from that accorded to the country of which it is a part.

visa waiver program act amends immigration nationality act territory region eligible designation visa waiver program country accorded treatment particular law different accorded country


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Afghan Allies Protection Extension Act - Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to extend: (1) the Afghan special immigrant visa program through FY2015, and (2) unused visa carryover authority through December 31, 2016.

Expands the scope of a principal alien's qualifying employment to include employment by or on behalf of: (1) an organization associated with the U.S. mission in Afghanistan that has received U.S. funding through an official and documented contract, grant, or cooperative agreement; or (2) a media or nongovernmental organization headquartered in the United States.

Revises family member requirements.

extend afghan special immigrant visa program fy2015 unused visa carryover authority december expands scope principal alien qualifying employment include employment behalf organization associated mission afghanistan received funding official documented contract grant cooperative agreement media nongovernmental organization headquartered united_states revises family member requirements


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Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to revise requirements for the detention and removal of aliens ordered removed.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) constitutional rights should be upheld and protected, (2) Congress intends to uphold the constitutional principle of due process, and (3) due process of the law is a right afforded to everyone in the United States.

Expands the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to take a criminal alien into custody pending a determination of removability. Provides that the alien, unless eligible for bond release, may be detained without limitation until subject to a final order of removal.

Limits the Attorney General's (DOJ) review of DHS custody determinations to whether the alien may be detained, released with no bond, or released on bond of at least $1,500.

Limits the Attorney General's review of DHS custody determinations for an alien in certain categories to whether the alien was properly included in such category.

Begins the removal period on the latest of: (1) the date the removal order becomes administratively final; (2) the date the alien is taken into DHS custody if the alien is not in DHS custody on the date the removal order becomes administratively final; or (3) if the alien is detained or confined (except under an immigration process) on the date the removal order becomes administratively final, the date the alien is taken into DHS custody after the alien is released from detention or confinement.

Extends the removal (and detention) period beyond 90 days if: (1) the alien fails or refuses to comply with the removal order or to fully cooperate with DHS efforts to establish the alien's identity and carry out the removal order; (2) a court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, or an immigration judge orders a stay of removal of an alien subject to a final removal order; (3) DHS transfers custody of the alien to another federal agency or to a state or local agency; or (4) a court or the Board of Immigration Appeals orders a remand to an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals while the case is pending a decision on remand.

Begins a new removal period in the case of such an extended removal on the date: (1) the alien makes all reasonable efforts to comply with the removal order or to cooperate fully with DHS efforts to establish the alien's identity and carry out the removal order, (2) the stay of removal is no longer in effect, or (3) the alien is returned to DHS custody.

Requires mandatory detention for an alien who is inadmissible or deportable under specified criminal or terrorist grounds.

Directs the Secretary to establish a detention review process for cooperative aliens.

Authorizes DHS to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under a removal order who cannot be removed if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for his or her refusal to cooperate with DHS identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences or would threaten national security; or (5) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence.

communities safe act amends immigration nationality act ina revise requirements detention removal aliens ordered removed expresses sense congress constitutional rights protected congress intends uphold constitutional principle process process law right afforded united_states expands authority secretary homeland_security dhs criminal alien custody pending determination provides alien eligible bond release detained limitation subject final order removal limits attorney general doj review dhs custody determinations alien detained released bond released bond limits attorney general review dhs custody determinations alien certain categories alien properly included category begins removal period latest date removal order administratively final date alien taken dhs custody alien dhs custody date removal order administratively final alien detained confined immigration process date removal order administratively final date alien taken dhs custody alien released detention confinement extends removal detention period days alien fails refuses comply removal order fully cooperate dhs efforts establish alien identity carry removal order court board_of_immigration_appeals immigration judge orders stay removal alien subject final removal order dhs transfers custody alien federal agency state local agency court board_of_immigration_appeals orders remand immigration judge board_of_immigration_appeals case pending decision remand begins new removal period case extended removal date alien makes reasonable efforts comply removal order cooperate fully dhs efforts establish alien identity carry removal order stay removal longer effect alien returned dhs custody requires mandatory detention alien inadmissible deportable specified criminal terrorist grounds directs secretary establish detention review process cooperative aliens authorizes dhs detain indefinitely subject month review alien removal order removed alien removed reasonably foreseeable future alien removed refusal cooperate dhs identification removal efforts alien highly contagious disease poses public safety threat release adverse foreign policy consequences threaten national security release threaten safety community person alien convicted aggravated felonies crimes violence mental personality condition likely engage future acts violence


Summary: Requires the Secretary of Commerce to include in each questionnaire used for conducting the decennial census of population a question to ascertain U.S. citizenship and immigration status.

requires secretary commerce include questionnaire conducting decennial census population question ascertain citizenship immigration status


Summary: UAC State Notification Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) or the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to notify the governor of a state within 48 hours before transferring to the state an unaccompanied alien child in the Secretary's custody.

amends william wilberforce trafficking victims protection reauthorization act direct secretary homeland_security dhs secretary health_and_human_services hhs notify governor state hours transferring state unaccompanied alien child secretary custody


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Helping Unaccompanied Minors and Alleviating National Emergency Act or the HUMANE Act - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to declare that any unaccompanied alien child (UAC) who has not been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons or does not have a credible fear of persecution on returning to his or her country of nationality or of last habitual residence shall be: (1) placed in removal proceedings, (2) eligible for voluntary departure at no cost to the child, and (3) provided with access to counsel. (Currently such expedited removal requirements apply only to unaccompanied children from countries that are contiguous to the United States.)

Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate agreements regarding the repatriation of children with Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and any other appropriate foreign country. (Currently such agreements are to be negotiated between the United States and countries contiguous to the United States.)

Requires a UAC to be placed within seven days of initial screening in a proceeding to expedite due process and screening.

Prohibits a UAC to be removed from U.S. custody during preliminary proceedings until repatriation or unless placed in removal proceedings.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a proceeding to expedite due process and screening for UACs. Requires an immigration judge to:

 conduct a proceeding to inspect and determine the status of a UAC who is an applicant for U.S. admission not later than 7 days after initial screening, determine within 72 hours of the proceeding's conclusion whether a UAC is likely to be admissible (or eligible for relief from removal) or is lawfully present in the United States, and place a UAC in further proceedings if such conditions have been met or order a UAC removed from the United States without further hearing or review unless there is a claim of asylum or a credible fear of persecution. States that:

 if a UAC intends to make a claim of asylum or fear of persecution he or she shall be referred to an asylum officer who shall determine in an interview whether there is a credible fear of persecution; if there is no credible fear of persecution a UAC shall be ordered removed without further hearing or review; and a UAC shall be held in protective Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) custody pending a final determination of credible fear of persecution, or removal. Sets forth due process protections for UACs, including protective HHS custody.

Directs the Attorney General (DOJ) to hire or reassign up to 40 immigration judges to conduct expedited inspection and screening of UACs.

Prohibits the Secretary of HHS from placing a UAC in the custody of an individual who has been convicted of a sex offense or a crime involving a severe form of trafficking in persons. Requires related biometric criminal background checks.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit to Congress a comprehensive strategy for: (1) gaining and maintaining situational awareness and operational control of high traffic areas along the U.S. southern and northern borders within two years, and (2) gaining and maintaining operational control along the southwest border of the United States not later than five years. Requires the Secretary to submit a related implementation plan to Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

 Requires the Secretary of DHS to implement metrics to measure the effectiveness of security at and between ports of entry and in the maritime environment.

Prohibits the Secretary of DHS from conducting any study relating to the imposition of a border crossing fee for pedestrians or passenger vehicles at land ports of entry along the U.S. southern and northern borders.

Directs the Secretary of DHS to: (1) upgrade technological assets and equipment and physical and tactical infrastructure on the southern border, and (2) increase the number of trained active-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers on the southern border.

Authorizes funds under this Act to be expended, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of HHS, for the governor of a state to order any units or personnel of the state's National Guard to perform specified operations on the southern border.

 Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enhance law enforcement preparedness, humanitarian responses, and operational readiness along the southern border through Operation Stonegarden.

helping unaccompanied minors alleviating national emergency act humane act amends william wilberforce trafficking victims protection reauthorization act declare unaccompanied alien child uac victim severe form trafficking persons credible fear persecution returning country nationality habitual residence shall placed removal proceedings eligible voluntary departure cost child provided access counsel currently expedited removal requirements apply unaccompanied children countries contiguous united_states directs secretary state negotiate agreements repatriation children canada el_salvador guatemala honduras mexico appropriate foreign country currently agreements negotiated united_states countries contiguous united_states requires uac placed seven days initial screening proceeding expedite process screening prohibits uac removed custody preliminary proceedings repatriation placed removal proceedings amends immigration nationality act establish proceeding expedite process screening uacs requires immigration judge conduct proceeding inspect determine status uac applicant admission later days initial screening determine hours proceeding conclusion uac likely admissible eligible relief removal lawfully present united_states place uac proceedings conditions met order uac removed united_states hearing review claim asylum credible fear persecution states uac intends claim asylum fear persecution shall referred asylum officer shall determine interview credible fear persecution credible fear persecution uac shall ordered removed hearing review uac shall held protective department_of_health_and_human_services hhs custody pending final determination credible fear persecution removal sets forth process protections uacs including protective hhs custody directs attorney general doj hire reassign immigration judges conduct expedited inspection screening uacs prohibits secretary hhs placing uac custody individual convicted sex offense crime involving severe form trafficking persons requires related biometric criminal background checks requires secretary homeland_security dhs submit congress comprehensive strategy gaining maintaining situational awareness operational control high traffic areas southern northern borders years gaining maintaining operational control southwest border united_states later years requires secretary submit related implementation plan congress government_accountability_office gao requires secretary dhs implement metrics measure effectiveness security ports entry maritime environment prohibits secretary dhs conducting study relating imposition border crossing fee pedestrians passenger vehicles land ports entry southern northern borders directs secretary dhs upgrade technological assets equipment physical tactical infrastructure southern border increase number trained active duty cbp officers southern border authorizes funds act expended approval secretary defense dod secretary hhs governor state order units personnel state national_guard perform specified operations southern border directs federal_emergency_management_agency fema enhance law enforcement preparedness humanitarian responses operational readiness southern border operation stonegarden


Summary: Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to: (1) increase to 4,000 the number of Afghan special immigrant visas available in FY2014, and (2) extend unused visa carryover authority through December 31, 2016.

afghan allies protection act amends afghan allies protection act increase number afghan special immigrant visas available fy2014 extend unused visa carryover authority december


Summary: UAC State Notification Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) or the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to notify the governor of a state within 48 hours before the placement of an unaccompanied alien child in the custody of either HHS or DHS with a facility or sponsor in such state.

amends william wilberforce trafficking victims protection reauthorization act require secretary health_and_human_services hhs secretary homeland_security dhs notify governor state hours placement unaccompanied alien child custody hhs dhs facility sponsor state


Summary: Prohibits any federal agency or instrumentality from using federal funding or resources to: (1) consider or adjudicate any new or previously denied application of any alien requesting consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals, as authorized by Executive memorandum on August 15, 2012; or (2) authorize any alien to work in the United States who was not lawfully admitted into the United States and who is not in lawful status in the United States on the date of enactment of this Act.

prohibits federal agency instrumentality federal funding resources consider adjudicate new previously denied application alien requesting consideration deferred action childhood arrivals authorized executive memorandum august authorize alien work united_states lawfully admitted united_states lawful status united_states date enactment act


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Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to declare that any unaccompanied alien child (UAC) who has not been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons or does not have a credible fear of persecution on returning to his or her country of nationality (or of last habitual residence) shall be: (1) placed in removal proceedings, (2) eligible for voluntary departure at no cost to the child, and (3) provided with access to counsel. (Currently such expedited removal requirements apply only to unaccompanied children from countries contiguous to the United States.)

Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate repatriation agreements between the United States and countries from which large numbers of UACs are unlawfully entering the United States. (Currently such agreements are to be negotiated between the United States and countries contiguous to the United States.)

Requires that a UAC be placed on a return flight to his or her country of nationality (or of last habitual residence) within 72 hours of screening barring cost, feasibility, and any relevant repatriation agreements.

Provides for expedited removal of a UAC who is a member of, or affiliated with, a criminal street gang.

Requires mandatory Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detention of a UAC apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) until the child: (1) voluntarily departs or is removed from the United States, or (2) is admitted as a refugee or asylee.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require an immigration judge to: (1) conduct a proceeding to inspect and determine the status of a UAC who is an applicant for U.S. admission not later than 7 days after the child's screening, and (2) determine within 72 hours of the proceeding's conclusion whether a UAC is admissible (or eligible for relief from removal) or should be removed (unless the alien claims asylum or a substantial fear of persecution).

States that: (1) if a UAC intends to make a claim of asylum or substantial fear of persecution the child shall be referred to an asylum officer who shall determine in an interview whether there is a substantial fear of persecution, and (2) if there is no substantiated fear of persecution the UAC shall be ordered removed without further hearing or review.

Revises the definition of "refugee."

Requires DHS detention of an alien seeking asylum until the alien is removed or granted asylum.

Extends the bar on U.S. reentry to 10 years for previously removed aliens and for certain aliens who were illegally in the United States but voluntarily departed.

Requires the Secretary of DHS to report to Congress annually detailing apprehended illegal aliens, voluntary departures, removals, and grants of refugee or asylee status.

amends william wilberforce trafficking victims protection reauthorization act declare unaccompanied alien child uac victim severe form trafficking persons credible fear persecution returning country nationality habitual residence shall placed removal proceedings eligible voluntary departure cost child provided access counsel currently expedited removal requirements apply unaccompanied children countries contiguous united_states directs secretary state negotiate repatriation agreements united_states countries large numbers uacs unlawfully entering united_states currently agreements negotiated united_states countries contiguous united_states requires uac placed return flight country nationality habitual residence hours screening barring cost feasibility relevant repatriation agreements provides expedited removal uac member affiliated criminal street gang requires mandatory department_of_homeland_security dhs detention uac apprehended child voluntarily departs removed united_states admitted refugee asylee amends immigration nationality act require immigration judge conduct proceeding inspect determine status uac applicant admission later days child screening determine hours proceeding conclusion uac admissible eligible relief removal removed alien claims asylum substantial fear persecution states uac intends claim asylum substantial fear persecution child shall referred asylum officer shall determine interview substantial fear persecution substantiated fear persecution uac shall ordered removed hearing review revises definition refugee requires dhs detention alien seeking asylum alien removed granted asylum extends bar reentry years previously removed aliens certain aliens illegally united_states voluntarily departed requires secretary dhs report congress annually detailing apprehended illegal aliens voluntary departures removals grants refugee asylee status


Summary: Partner with Korea Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services and with respect to whom the Secretary of Labor has certified to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Secretary of State that the intending employer has filed an attestation concerning U.S. worker protections with the Secretary of Labor.

partner create e-4 treaty trader visa category nationals republic_of_korea south_korea fiscal year coming united_states solely perform specialty occupation services respect secretary labor certified secretary homeland_security dhs secretary state intending employer filed attestation concerning worker protections secretary labor


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Protect Children and Families Through the Rule of Law Act - Prohibits a federal agency or instrumentality from using federal funding or resources to:

 consider or adjudicate any new or previously denied application of any alien requesting consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals, as authorized by executive memorandum on August 15, 2012, or by any other succeeding executive memorandum authorizing a similar program; or authorize any alien to work in the United States who was not lawfully admitted into the United States and who is not in lawful U.S. status on the date of enactment of this Act. Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to declare that any unaccompanied alien child (UAC) who has not been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons or does not have a credible fear of persecution on returning to his or her country of nationality or of last habitual residence shall be: (1) placed in removal proceedings, (2) eligible for voluntary departure at no cost to the child, and (3) provided with access to counsel. (Currently such expedited removal requirements apply only to unaccompanied children from countries that are contiguous to the United States.)

Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate agreements regarding the repatriation of children with Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and any other appropriate foreign country. (Currently such agreements are to be negotiated between the United States and countries contiguous to the United States.)

Requires a UAC to be placed within seven days of initial screening in a proceeding to expedite due process and screening.

Prohibits removal of a UAC from U.S. custody during preliminary proceedings until repatriation or unless placed in removal proceedings.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a proceeding to expedite due process and screening for UACs. Requires an immigration judge to:

 conduct a proceeding to inspect and determine the status of a UAC who applies for U.S. admission not later than 7 days after initial screening, determine within 72 hours of the proceeding's conclusion whether a UAC is likely to be admissible (or eligible for relief from removal) or is lawfully present in the United States, and place a UAC in further proceedings if such conditions have been met or order a UAC removed from the United States without further hearing or review unless there is a claim of asylum or a fear of persecution. States that:

 if a UAC intends to make a claim of asylum or fear of persecution he or she shall be referred to an asylum officer who shall determine in an interview whether there is a credible fear of persecution; if there is no credible fear of persecution a UAC shall be ordered removed without further hearing or review; and a UAC shall be held in protective Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) custody pending a final determination of credible fear of persecution, or removal. Sets forth due process protections for UACs, including protective HHS custody.

Directs the Attorney General (DOJ) to hire or reassign up to 40 immigration judges to conduct expedited inspection and screening of UACs.

Prohibits the Secretary of HHS from placing a UAC in the custody of an individual who has been convicted of a sex offense or a crime involving a severe form of trafficking in persons. Requires related biometric criminal background checks.

 Declares that, if the governor of a state deploys National Guard personnel in response to the apprehension of 6,000 or more UACs who are nationals of countries other than Canada or Mexico, the Secretary of Defense (DOD) shall reimburse the state for any expenses incurred as a result of such deployment.

Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enhance law enforcement preparedness, humanitarian responses, and operational readiness along the southern border through Operation Stonegarden.

 Authorizes National Guard personnel who are deployed to conduct homeland defense activities near an international border to detain any person, and transfer such person to the custody of U.S. Border Patrol or another federal law enforcement agency, if there is probable cause that such person has violated federal law regarding immigration, drug trafficking, human trafficking, or terrorism.

protect children families rule law act prohibits federal agency instrumentality federal funding resources consider adjudicate new previously denied application alien requesting consideration deferred action childhood arrivals authorized executive memorandum august succeeding executive memorandum authorizing similar program authorize alien work united_states lawfully admitted united_states lawful status date enactment act amends william_wilberforce_trafficking_victims_protection_reauthorization_act declare unaccompanied alien child uac victim severe form trafficking persons credible fear persecution returning country nationality habitual residence shall placed removal proceedings eligible voluntary departure cost child provided access counsel currently expedited removal requirements apply unaccompanied children countries contiguous united_states directs secretary state negotiate agreements repatriation children canada el_salvador guatemala honduras mexico appropriate foreign country currently agreements negotiated united_states countries contiguous united_states requires uac placed seven days initial screening proceeding expedite process screening prohibits removal uac custody preliminary proceedings repatriation placed removal proceedings amends immigration nationality act establish proceeding expedite process screening uacs requires immigration judge conduct proceeding inspect determine status uac applies admission later days initial screening determine hours proceeding conclusion uac likely admissible eligible relief removal lawfully present united_states place uac proceedings conditions met order uac removed united_states hearing review claim asylum fear persecution states uac intends claim asylum fear persecution shall referred asylum officer shall determine interview credible fear persecution credible fear persecution uac shall ordered removed hearing review uac shall held protective department_of_health_and_human_services hhs custody pending final determination credible fear persecution removal sets forth process protections uacs including protective hhs custody directs attorney general doj hire reassign immigration judges conduct expedited inspection screening uacs prohibits secretary hhs placing uac custody individual convicted sex offense crime involving severe form trafficking persons requires related biometric criminal background checks declares governor state national_guard personnel response apprehension uacs nationals countries canada mexico secretary defense dod shall reimburse state expenses incurred result deployment directs federal_emergency_management_agency fema enhance law enforcement preparedness humanitarian responses operational readiness southern border operation stonegarden personnel deployed conduct homeland defense activities near international border detain person transfer person custody federal law enforcement agency probable cause person violated federal law immigration drug trafficking human trafficking terrorism


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Keeping America Safe from Ebola Act of 2014 - Defines "covered alien" as an alien: (1) who is a national or a resident of a country designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as one with widespread transmission of the Ebola virus; and (2) whose last habitual residence, or last habitual residence before residence in the United States if the alien is seeking to reenter the United States, was a designated country.

States that a covered alien is ineligible to: (1) receive a U.S. visa or otherwise be admitted to the United States; or (2) enter the United States if the alien was lawfully present in the United States, departed the United States and visited a designated country, and is seeking to reenter the United States. Requires the Secretary of State to revoke the visa of each covered alien.

Exempts from such coverage and requirements: (1) certain aid workers, and (2) persons authorized by the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to travel to the United States for training.

Directs the President to report to Congress every 30 days regarding the spread of Ebola.

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Summary:
Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014 - Prohibits the executive branch of the government from:

 exempting or deferring from removal, by executive order, regulation, or any other means, categories of aliens considered under the immigration laws to be unlawfully present in the United States; treating such aliens as if they were lawfully present or had a lawful immigration status; or treating them other than as unauthorized aliens. States that such prohibition shall not apply:

 to the extent prohibited by the Constitution; upon the request of federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies for purposes of maintaining aliens in the United States to be tried for crimes or to be trial witnesses; or for humanitarian purposes where the aliens are at imminent risk of serious bodily harm or death. Declares that any executive branch action intending to circumvent the objectives of this Act shall be null and void and without legal effect.

States that this Act shall take effect as if enacted on November 20, 2014, and shall apply to requests (whether the request is original or for reopening of a previously denied request) submitted on or after that date for: (1) work authorization; or (2) exemption from, or deferral of, removal.

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Summary: Repeal REAL ID Act - Repeals title II (Improved Security for Driver's Licenses and Personal Identification Cards) of the REAL ID Act of 2005.

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Summary:
Separation of Powers Act of 2015

Prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to any federal department or agency to:

 parole an alien into the United States or grant deferred action on a final order of removal for any reason other than on an individual case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons; or issue to an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States any document attesting to such alien's lawful permanent resident status or U.S. employment authorization.

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Summary:
Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015

This bill prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available, including any otherwise available to the Secretary of Homeland Security for any fiscal year from being used to implement or enforce specified immigration-related policies in:

 the memoranda issued by the Secretary on November 20, 2014, which includes prosecutorial discretion regarding individuals who came to the United States as children and regarding certain individuals who are the parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and expansion of the provisional waiver program; the memoranda issued by the President on November 21, 2014, which includes modernizing and streamlining the U.S. immigrant visa system for the 21st century; and any substantially similar memorandum issued after November 21, 2014.

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Summary:
Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2015

 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exclude from the definition of "unauthorized alien," with respect to the unlawful employment of aliens, any alien otherwise admitted to and lawfully present in the United States; and (2) consider an alien without lawful status to be an unauthorized alien whose employment is unlawful.

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Summary:
Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2015

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide increased protections and eligibility for family-sponsored immigrants.

Directs the Secretary of State to establish a Board of Family-based Visa Appeals within the Department of State.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary in the rest of this bill) to deny a family-based immigration petition by a U.S. petitioner for an alien spouse or child if: (1) the petitioner is on the national sex offender registry for a conviction that resulted in more than one year's imprisonment, (2) the petitioner has failed to rebut such information within 90 days, and (3) granting the petition would put a spouse or child beneficiary in danger of sexual abuse.

Directs the Secretary to establish the Task Force to Rescue Immigrant Victims of American Sex Offenders.

Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the status of aliens who would otherwise be inadmissible (due to unlawful presence, document fraud, or other specified grounds of inadmissibility) if such aliens have been in the United States for at least five years and meet other requirements.

Authorizes the emergency deployment of Border Patrol agents to a requesting border state.

Sets forth provisions for Border Patrol acquisition and use of specified equipment.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for additional detention space for illegal aliens; (2) increase Border Patrol agents, airport and land border immigration inspectors, immigration enforcement officers, and fraud and document fraud investigators; (3) enhance Border Patrol training and operational facilities; (4) establish immigration, customs, and agriculture inspector occupations within the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection; (5) reestablish the Border Patrol anti-smuggling unit; (6) establish criminal investigator occupations within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (7) increase Border Patrol agent and investigator pay; (8) require foreign language training for appropriate DHS employees; and (9) establish the Fraudulent Documents Task Force.

Redefines the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm, and (2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns.

Authorizes S (witness or informant) nonimmigrant status for aliens in possession of critical reliable information concerning commercial alien smuggling or trafficking in immigration documents.

Establishes a reward program to assist in eliminating immigration-related commercial document fraud operations.

Sets forth unfair immigration-related employment practices.

Requires petitioners for nonimmigrant labor to describe their efforts to recruit lawful permanent residents or U.S. citizens.

 Makes permanent an INA provision allowing adjustment of status of certain aliens for whom family-sponsored or employment-based applications or petitions were filed by a specified date.

 Lessens immigration consequences for minor criminal offenses. Eliminates retroactive changes in grounds of inadmissibility and removal.

Amends criminal offense removal-related provisions.

 Increases the worldwide level of diversity immigrants.

 Authorizes adjustment of status for certain nationals or citizens of Haiti.

 Eliminates mandatory detention in expedited removal proceedings.

 Amends the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 to: (1) waive document fraud as a ground of inadmissibility, and (2) address determinations with respect to children.

 Eliminates the one-year filing requirement for asylum applicants. Includes gender persecution within the particular social group category of persecution.

Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain temporary protected status persons.

 Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate a provision prohibiting restrictions on the communication of immigration status information by a government entity.

Replaces the existing fashion model H-1B visa classification with an O-visa classification.

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Summary:
Justice for Children Now Act of 2015

Authorizes the Attorney General to appoint 70 immigration judges in addition to the those serving as of the date of enactment of this Act.

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Summary:
Birthright Citizenship Act of 2015

 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.

 States that this Act shall not be construed to affect the citizenship or nationality status of any person born before the date of its enactment.

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Summary:
Defund Amnesty Act of 2015

This bill prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to implement or enforce specified immigration-related policies in:

 the memoranda issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, the memoranda issued by the President on November 21, 2014, and any substantially similar memorandum issued after November 21, 2014.

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Summary:
Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015

This bill shifts from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) the authority to parole an alien temporarily into the United States, on a case-by-case basis, and in the Secretary's sole discretion, for an urgent humanitarian reasons or for another reason strictly in the public interest.

A humanitarian parole is limited to:

 a medical emergency or organ or tissue donation in certain circumstances; or a situation in which a close family member in the United States is dying and the alien could not arrive in the United States, through the normal visa process, in time to see that family member alive. A public interest parole is limited to instances where the alien has assisted the U.S. government in a matter, such as a criminal investigation, espionage, or other similar law enforcement activity, and either the government requires the alien's U.S. presence or the alien's life would be threatened if not permitted to come to the United States.

Aliens found ineligible for refugee status may not be paroled.

No funds may be used to implement specified memoranda from the President, the Secretary, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or other related memoranda.

Law enforcement officers of the ICE Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations are made eligible for the law enforcement availability pay (LEAP) authorized for federal criminal investigators.

The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 is amended to eliminate the special repatriation requirements for unaccompanied alien children (UACs) who are nationals or residents of a country contiguous to the United States, and so apply to them the same removal requirements applied to all UACs who are not victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last habitual residence.

Any inadmissible UAC at a land border or port of entry, who fails to meet these victim criteria, must be returned to his or her country of nationality or of last habitual residence.

The Secretary of State's authority to negotiate agreements between the United States and countries contiguous to the United States for the repatriation of children is extended to agreements with any country, contiguous or not.

Procedural rights are specified for UACs who are not victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons, and who do not fear returning to his or her country of nationality or last habitual residence.

HHS must inform DHS about children apprehended during a specified period before enactment of this Act who are placed with an individual, and DHS must investigate the immigration status of that individual, and, if the individual is unlawfully present in the United States, initiate removal proceedings.

Paroled aliens cannot receive benefits under either the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

State and local law enforcement personnel are authorized to investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer aliens to federal custody in order to enforce federal, state, or local immigration laws. State and local law enforcement personnel will enjoy immunity from personal liability in the performance of such duties. The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to prescribe procedural requirements for the transfer from state or local to federal custody of inadmissible or deportable aliens.

 Appropriations are authorized for FY2015 and subsequent fiscal years for the incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens.

Bureau Of Justice Assistance, public safety, and community policing grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as well as compensation for the incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens, is denied to any state or local government that has in place a law or policy contravening the information collection and sharing requirements of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

ICE may issue detainers to detain aliens arrested by a federal, state, or local law enforcement official for violations of any law, not just one relating to controlled substances.

The interoperable electronic data system ("Chimera system") under the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002, which gives current, immediate access to information in federal law enforcement databases and the intelligence community relevant to an alien's admissibility or deportability, must also include the operation of the Secure Communities program. DHS must issue a detainer, take a deportable alien into custody, and initiate removal proceedings upon receiving notice under the interoperable law enforcement and intelligence electronic data system that a deportable alien is in federal, state, or local custody.

The Immigration and Nationality Act is further amended to specify that:

 in no instance shall the government bear any expense for counsel for any person in removal proceedings or appealing from any such proceedings, an alien's statements must be true more probably than not in order to establish a credible fear of persecution in an asylum interview, and the prerequisite of a bilateral or multilateral agreement is eliminated as a condition for the possible removal to a safe third country in response to an alien's application for asylum in the United States. DHS must establish quality assurance procedures and take steps to ensure that:

 questions by DHS employees exercising expedited removal authority are asked in a uniform manner, and both these questions and the answers are recorded in a uniform fashion. Department of Justice authority is suspended until January 20, 2017, for waiver of the inadmissibility of any alien unlawfully present in the United States who is the spouse or son or daughter of a U.S. citizen or of a lawful permanent resident alien.

Requirements are modified for the temporary protected status of aliens whose return to a foreign country would expose them to a serious threat to their personal safety.

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Summary:
Stop Handouts to Unauthorized Taxpayers Act of 2015 or the SHUT Act of 2015

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the refundable portion of the child tax credit to individuals unless they include their social security number on their tax return or otherwise demonstrate that they are authorized to be employed in the United States.

Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury or any delegate of the Secretary employed by the Department of the Treasury from issuing an individual taxpayer identification number unless supporting documentary evidence is submitted.

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Summary:
Equal Protection for American Workers Act

 Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security from granting a work authorization to an alien who has been determined, in a valid immigration proceeding during which due process was afforded, to have been at any time unlawfully present in the United States.

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Summary:
Immigration Accountability Act

This bill prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year to implement or enforce specified immigration-related policies in:

 the memoranda issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security on November 20, 2014, which includes prosecutorial discretion regarding individuals who came to the United States as children and regarding certain individuals who are the parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and expansion of the provisional waiver program; the memoranda issued by the President on November 21, 2014, which includes modernizing and streamlining the U.S. immigrant visa system for the 21st century; the memorandum issued by the Secretary on June 15, 2012, on exercising prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States as children; and any substantially similar memorandum issued after November 21, 2014.

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Summary:
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2015

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas.

Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act.

Sets forth the following transition period for employment-based second and third preference (EB-2 and EB-3) immigrant visas:

 for FY2015, 15% of such visas allotted to natives of countries other than the two countries with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2011; for FY2016, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2012; and for FY2017, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2015. Sets forth the following per country distribution rules: (1) for transition period visas, not more than 25% of the total number of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country; and (2) for non-transition period visas, not more than 85% of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country.

Provides that the amendments made by this Act will take place as if enacted on September 30, 2014, and shall apply beginning in FY2015.

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Summary:
This bill prohibits the use of funds for certain immigration-related policies, including executive orders or any other executive policy issued after March 11, 2011, that provides for parole, employment authorization, deferred action, or any other immigration benefit or relief for individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States (with exceptions for asylum, temporary protected status, or cancellation of removal by an immigration judge).

The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to: (1) exclude from the definition of "unauthorized alien," with respect to the unlawful employment of aliens, any alien otherwise admitted to and lawfully present in the United States; and (2) consider an alien without lawful status to be an unauthorized alien whose employment is unlawful.

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Summary:
Accountability in Foreign Aid Act of 2015

 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program to reimburse states and their political subdivisions for qualifying education, incarceration, and public benefit expenses related to the presence of aliens having no lawful U.S. immigration status within their geographical area.

Makes specified foreign assistance amounts available for such reimbursements.

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Summary:
Illegal Entry Accountability Act of 2015

 Directs the Secretary of State to suspend all U.S. foreign assistance to Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, except for assistance under the international narcotic control law enforcement program.

Allows reinstatement of assistance only if Congress determines that Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador have taken sufficient action to mitigate unlawful U.S.-Mexico border crossings by their respective citizens.

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Summary:
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2015

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under the Immigration Act of 1990 or other specified federal law.

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Summary:
Unaccompanied Alien Children Assistance Control Act

Directs the President to reduce foreign assistance allocations for Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador: (1) by the number of unaccompanied alien children who are nationals or citizens of any of those countries placed in federal custody in the preceding fiscal year because of their immigration status, and (2) multiplied by $15,000.

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Summary:
Nuclear Family Priority Act

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate parents from the definition of "immediate relatives" with respect to those aliens not subject to worldwide immigration levels or numerical limitations.

Replaces existing family-sponsored immigrant categories with a single preference allocation for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens.

Reduces the number of, and revises the calculation for, fiscal year family-sponsored immigrant entrants.

Establishes a nonimmigrant visa category for an alien who is a parent of a U.S. citizen at least 21 years old.

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Summary:
American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015

 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the EB-5 immigrant investor program permanent.

Increases the targeted employment area set-aside.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to defer to state targeted employment area designations.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a preapproval procedure for commercial enterprises that allows a regional center to apply for preapproval of a new commercial enterprise before an alien files a petition for classification by reason of investment in such enterprise; and (2) defer to certain prior favorable EB-5 determinations except in the case of fraud, material change, or legal deficiency.

Prohibits a person who has been found liable for specified criminal or civil activities from serving as an owner, director, or officer of a regional center.

Requires EB-5 petitions to be adjudicated within 180 days unless additional information is required.

Provides that the child of an alien investor whose conditional permanent resident status is terminated shall continue to be considered a child of the alien investor for purposes of a subsequent immigrant petition by the alien investor if the child remains unmarried and the alien investor's subsequent petition is filed within one year after termination of status.

Provides for a consolidated petition by an alien investor and his or her spouse and children.

Exempts spouses and children of EB-5 immigrants from EB-5 admissions limits.

Authorizes concurrent filing of EB-5 petitions and applications for status adjustment to conditional lawful permanent resident.

Eliminates the per-country limit for employment-based immigrants and increases the per-country limit for family-based immigrants.

Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the requirement that the annual Chinese immigrant visas be reduced by a specified amount to offset status adjustments under that Act.

Subjects EB-5 petitions to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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Summary:
Landing Pass Extension Act of 2015

 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend to up to 90 days the time period for which a conditional permit to land temporarily in the United States may be granted to an alien crewman.

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Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the refundable portion of the child tax credit to taxpayers who use individual taxpayer identification numbers issued by the Internal Revenue Service instead of social security account numbers to claim such credit on their tax returns.

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Summary:
Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2015

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from approving a petition for classification of an alien as a special immigrant religious worker/minister if the Secretary has determined that the alien's country of nationality:

 is identified as a Country of Particular Concern or a country where religious freedom is of significant interest in the 2013 International Religious Freedom Report, or does not extend reciprocal immigration treatment to U.S. nationals who are seeking resident status in order to work in a religious vocation or occupation.

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Summary:
Startup Act

 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to adjust to conditional permanent resident status up to 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's or doctorate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field (STEM field) and permit such an alien to remain in the United States: (1) for up to one year after the expiration of the alien's student visa, if the alien is searching for STEM field employment; and (2) indefinitely if the alien remains actively engaged in a STEM field.

Removes a STEM alien's conditional status after five years of maintaining eligibility during the entire five-year period.

Authorizes the Secretary to issue conditional immigrant visas to up to 75,000 qualified alien entrepreneurs. Removes such conditional basis after four years of maintaining qualified entrepreneur status.

Eliminates the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based visas.

Increases the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas.

Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual People's Republic of China immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide a permanent full tax exclusion on gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock held for more than five years, (2) repeal the minimum tax preference and the 28% capital gains rate on such stock, and (3) provide a limited tax credit for certain startup small businesses.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to use certain federal agency extramural budget funds to award grants to institutions of higher education for initiatives to improve commercialization and transfer of technology.

 Requires the head of any federal or independent regulatory agency, before issuing a notice of rule making in connection with the issuance of a proposed major rule, to complete a review that, among other things, analyzes the problem that the rule intends to address, and identifies and analyzes the rule's expected impact on state, local, and tribal governments, as well as on the ability of new businesses to form and expand. Requires a cost-benefit analysis before rule issuance.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to regularly compile: (1) information from each of the states and the District of Columbia on laws that affect the formation and growth of new businesses, and (2) quantitative and qualitative information on U.S. businesses that are not more than one year old.

startup act amends immigration nationality act authorize secretary homeland_security adjust conditional permanent resident status aliens earned master doctorate degree science technology engineering mathematics field stem field permit alien remain united_states year expiration alien student visa alien searching stem field employment indefinitely alien remains actively engaged stem field removes stem alien conditional status years maintaining eligibility entire year period authorizes secretary issue conditional immigrant visas qualified alien entrepreneurs removes conditional basis years maintaining qualified entrepreneur status eliminates country numerical limitation employment based visas increases country numerical limitation family based immigrants total number family sponsored visas amends chinese student protection act eliminate provision requiring reduction annual immigrant visas offset status adjustments act amends internal revenue code provide permanent tax exclusion gain sale exchange qualified small business stock held years repeal minimum tax preference capital gains rate stock provide limited tax credit certain startup small businesses directs secretary commerce use certain federal agency extramural budget funds award grants institutions higher education initiatives improve commercialization transfer technology requires head federal independent regulatory agency issuing notice rule making connection issuance proposed major rule complete review things analyzes problem rule intends address identifies analyzes rule expected impact state local tribal governments ability new businesses form expand requires cost benefit analysis rule issuance directs secretary commerce regularly compile information states district_of_columbia laws affect formation growth new businesses quantitative qualitative information businesses year old


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Partner with Korea Act

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services and with respect to whom the Secretary of Labor has certified to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State that the intending employer has filed an attestation concerning U.S. worker protections with the Secretary of Labor.

partner amends immigration nationality act create e-4 treaty trader visa category nationals republic_of_korea south_korea fiscal year coming united_states solely perform specialty occupation services respect secretary labor certified secretary homeland_security secretary state intending employer filed attestation concerning worker protections secretary labor


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Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2015

 Amends the federal criminal code to subject a person to fine, imprisonment, or both, who: (1) knowingly or recklessly executes a scheme in connection with any federal immigration law-related matter to defraud a person, or to obtain money or anything else of value from a person by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises; or (2) knowingly and falsely represents that such person is an attorney or an accredited representative in any federal immigration law-related matter.

Directs the Attorney General (DOJ) and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), to promulgate regulations, forms, and procedures defining the circumstances in which: (1) persons submitting immigration-related applications, petitions, motions, or other written materials must identify who (other than immediate family members) assisted them in preparing or translating such submissions; and (2) any person who received compensation (other than a normal fee for copying, mailing, or similar services) in connection with the preparation or submission of such materials must sign the form as a preparer and provide identifying information.

Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil injunction against an immigration service provider engaging in fraudulent conduct that substantially interferes with the administration of the immigration laws or who willfully misrepresents such provider's legal authority to provide representation before DOJ or DHS.

Authorizes an alien to withdraw an immigration-related application or other submission if the alien: (1) submits information indicating that the application or submission was prepared or submitted by an individual engaged in the unauthorized practice of law or immigration practitioner fraud, and (2) attests that he or she had no prior knowledge that the application or submission was prepared or submitted by such an individual.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the bar on reentry for an alien who left the United States based on the erroneous advice of an individual engaged in the unauthorized practice of law or immigration practitioner fraud.

Directs the Secretary and the Attorney General, through the Director of the Office for Immigration Review, to carry out an outreach program to educate aliens regarding who may provide legal services and representation in immigration proceedings.

Directs the Secretary and the Attorney General to establish, within the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Office for Immigration Review, programs to award grants to eligible nonprofit organizations for direct legal services to aliens.

amends federal criminal code subject person fine imprisonment knowingly recklessly scheme connection federal immigration law related matter defraud person obtain money value person means false fraudulent pretenses representations promises knowingly falsely represents person attorney accredited representative federal immigration law related matter directs attorney general doj secretary homeland_security dhs promulgate regulations forms procedures defining circumstances persons submitting immigration related applications petitions motions written materials identify immediate family members assisted preparing translating submissions person received compensation normal fee copying mailing similar services connection preparation submission materials sign form preparer provide identifying information authorizes attorney general bring civil injunction immigration service provider engaging fraudulent conduct substantially interferes administration immigration laws willfully misrepresents provider legal authority provide representation doj dhs authorizes alien withdraw immigration related application submission alien submits information indicating application submission prepared submitted individual engaged unauthorized practice law immigration practitioner fraud attests prior knowledge application submission prepared submitted individual amends immigration nationality act waive bar reentry alien left united_states based erroneous advice individual engaged unauthorized practice law immigration practitioner fraud directs secretary attorney general director carry outreach program educate aliens provide legal services representation immigration proceedings directs secretary attorney general establish executive_office_for_immigration_review programs award grants eligible nonprofit organizations direct legal services aliens