PROTECT Military Families Act

This bill would change federal immigration law to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant parole into the United States to the spouse, widow or widower, parent, or child of a current active-duty service member or Selected Reserve member, or of a former member discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, whether living or deceased. Parole would be granted in 1-year increments. An application could be denied only if the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Defense, and Veterans Affairs jointly issue a written justification, a duty they could not delegate. Each denial and its justification would be posted on a public Department of Homeland Security website without personally identifiable information. The bill would also replace references to the Attorney General with the Secretary of Homeland Security in this part of the law.

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Sponsors

• Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. Democrat sponsor
• 5 cosponsors