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S. 2106119th CongressImmigration
SECURE Act
Sponsored by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) · 35 active : 34 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Where it standsBefore the Senate6 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSafe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency Act or the SECURE Act
This bill allows qualified nationals of a country that has or had a temporary protected status designation (certain countries in which nationals experience conflict or other unsafe conditions) to obtain lawful permanent residence (sometimes referred to as a
green card
).
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To qualify for a green card, such an individual must (1) have or had temporary protected status, (2) have qualified for such status on certain dates, or (3) have been present in the United States due to having been granted deferred enforced departure status that extended past a certain date. Furthermore, the individual must (1) have been continuously present in the United States for three years before applying for a green card or before being removed after a certain date, (2) not be inadmissible or deportable for certain reasons, and (3) pass applicable background checks.
The continuous presence requirement may be waived in certain instances.
Such an individual's spouse, domestic partner, child, or unmarried child may also obtain a green card under this bill upon meeting certain requirements.
An individual with a pending application shall receive work authorization and be eligible for travel authorization.
An individual may not be removed if the individual (1) has a pending application, or (2) is prima facie eligible for a green card under this bill and intends to apply.
Information from applications may not be used or shared for immigration enforcement, with limited exceptions such as for identifying fraudulent claims.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReferred to
Subjects
No legislative subjects recorded yet. Similar-vote matching falls back to the policy area.
How the Senate breaks down
- 6Swing 70–100
- 40Middle 30–70
- 54Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
35 activeShow all 35 cosponsors
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Michael F. Bennet
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
