H.R. 3799 · 116th Congress
Reuniting Families Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Judy Chu
- Introduced
- 2019-07-17
- Latest action
- 2019-08-12 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Summary
Reuniting Families Act
This bill makes various immigration law changes, such as increasing the annual caps for certain immigrant visas and establishing that permanent partners are generally treated as spouses.
The bill also expands which familial relationships are considered as immediate family and therefore not subject to annual limits, repeals specified bars from admission for unlawfully present aliens, and limits what constitutes a misrepresentation of citizenship status—a deportable offense—by requiring a willful misrepresentation.