H.R. 565 · 115th Congress
Save Christians from Genocide Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Dana Rohrabacher
- Introduced
- 2017-01-13
- Latest action
- 2017-01-13 · Introduced in House
Summary
Save Christians from Genocide Act
This bill recognizes that Christians and Yazidis in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, and Libya are targets of genocide.
The Department of Homeland Security shall provide for expedited visa processing and shall ensure that such applications receive first priority among refugee and (family- or employment-based) immigrant applications for an alien who:
is a citizen or national of Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, or Libya, or in the case of an alien having no nationality, whose country of last habitual residence was Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, or Libya; is a Christian or Yazidi; and is seeking refugee or immigrant admission to the United States.