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Introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 1177, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 is an unprecedented piece of immigration legislation. If passed, it would create a pathway to U.S. citizenship for DACA recipients, H-2A farmworkers, TPS holders, and nearly 11 million people living in the U.S. without documentation.
At 353 pages long, though, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 is a bit of a tall order. While it’s possible for several key parts to survive scrutiny and be signed into law, others may be tabled for legislation in the future. Let’s take a look at some of the key aspects of this bill and how immigrants living with or without documentation can be affected.
The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, in its current state, proposes a number of changes to how one can become a U.S. citizen.
Here are some of those proposed changes:
Several proposed changes to family-based changes could include ending the policy of separating foreign relatives of U.S. citizens or Green Card holders and making them wait years abroad for their priority dates to occur.
Here are other proposed family-based immigration changes:
Within the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 are a number of provisions that could uniquely protect child immigrants:
There are several important proposed changes for how employment-based Green Cards would be administered in the future:
Under several changes proposed in the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, foreign students would have an easier time obtaining Green Cards by not having to undergo the H-1B visa lottery.
Other important proposed changes include the following:
The following are other important changes to immigration law that Congress is considering:
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