US Congress House Bill 656 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 60-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Justice to make grants to nonprofit legal services providers to provide immigration law-related services to certain aliens facing removal or at risk of being denied entry into the United States. The services shall be available to an alien who (1) is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, (2) has received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status, or (3) qualifies for admission as a refugee or whose spouse or parent so qualifies. The Department of Homeland Security shall report to Congress about the immigration outcomes of aliens who have legal representation compared to those who do not.

DREAMers, Immigrants, and Refugees (DIRe) Legal Aid Act

Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-01-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-01-17	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/656/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr656/BILLS-116hr656ih.pdf