RAISE Act

Summary

Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act or the RAISE Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant visa category. The fiscal year limit for refugee admissions is set at 50,000. The President shall annually enumerate the previous year's number of asylees. The bill defines: (1) "immediate relative" as the under-21 year old child or spouse of a U.S. citizen, and (2) "family-sponsored immigrant" as the under-21 year old child or spouse of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. The worldwide fiscal year level for family-sponsored immigrants is reduced. The bill establishes a nonimmigrant alien W-visa for the parent of an adult (at least 21 years old) U.S. citizen.

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Timeline

1. 13 February 2017

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 13 February 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 13 February 2017 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 13 February 2017

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Tom Cotton · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← RAISE Act
• related to ← Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017
• related to ← American LAWS Act
• related to ← Securing America's Future Act of 2018