H.R. 2597:
West African Ebola Relief Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeTo extend temporary protected status for certain nationals of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea until November 21, 2018.
To extend temporary protected status for certain nationals of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea until November 21, 2018.
To establish an employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish a business in the United States.
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes.
To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide notice to State authorities when unaccompanied alien children are placed in that State.
To provide access to counsel for children and other vulnerable populations.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the grounds of deportability for certain alien members of the United States Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a veterans visa program to permit veterans who have been removed from the United States to return as immigrants, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the United States, and for other purposes.
To exclude from the application of Executive Order 13796 certain Iraqi and Afghani special immigrants and refugees, to render certain Afghanis eligible for Priority 2 processing under the refugee resettlement priority system, and for other purposes.