Bill > HR696

This bill reforms multiple aspects of U.S. immigration law, focusing on temporary protected status, unaccompanied alien children, immigration parole, and certain immigration benefits. Specifically, the bill modifies the process for designating temporary protected status (TPS) for foreign states, requiring congressional acts to approve or extend TPS designations and limiting the duration to 12 months. For unaccompanied alien children, the bill changes screening and placement procedures, tightens requirements for special immigrant juvenile status, and mandates more rigorous tracking of individuals housing these children. The bill also repeals the cancellation of removal provisions, prohibits certain identification documents from being used for air travel (such as Notices to Appear), and significantly reforms immigration parole by establishing strict limitations on who can be paroled, capping the total number of parole grants at 1,000 per fiscal year, and narrowly defining "urgent humanitarian reasons" and "significant public benefit." The parole reforms include detailed criteria for granting parole, restrictions on employment for paroled individuals, and requirements for reporting parole statistics. These changes aim to create more stringent immigration control and reduce what the bill's title calls "unaccountable amnesty."

Justice, Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/696/all-info