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H.R. 5210 (116th)

Refugee Protection Act of 2019

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Introduced

21 November 2019

Last action

19 December 2019 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Sponsors

Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2], Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20], Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6], Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16], Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13], Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19], Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5], Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9], Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15], Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4], Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26], Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM], Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]

Subjects

Asylum, Immigration, Taxation

Source updated

27 January 2026

Asylum · Immigration · Taxation

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Summary

Refugee Protection Act of 2019 This bill provides protections for aliens such as asylum seekers and contains other provisions. The bill's provisions include eliminating the general requirement that an asylum seeker apply for asylum within one year of arriving in the United States; prohibiting requiring an asylum seeker to provide corroborating evidence of persecution if such evidence is not reasonably obtainable; waiving certain grounds of inadmissibility or deportability for qualifying refugees seeking permanent resident status; requiring the Department of Justice to appoint counsel to a child or particularly vulnerable individual in certain immigration proceedings; increasing the annual cap on principal nonimmigrant U visas (victims of crimes) from 10,000 to 20,000; prohibiting the removal of an alien with certain pending immigration applications, such as a U visa application; imposing limits on when an alien may be removed from the United States in a proceeding without the alien present; establishing a presumption that the least restrictive conditions necessary should be imposed in custody proceedings for asylum seekers, including release if appropriate; establishing that the maximum number of refugees admitted each fiscal year shall be no less than 95,000; directing the Department of State to help other governments increase their capacity to care for and accept refugees; directing the State Department to establish refugee processing centers in other countries in North and Central America; and authorizing the Department of Homeland Security to provide special immigrant status to qualified aliens who assisted U.S. efforts in Syria and admit up to 5,000 such aliens each fiscal year for five years.

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Timeline

  1. 21 November 2019

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 21 November 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 21 November 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 19 December 2019

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

    Source: Committee

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