S. 2261IntroducedIMMIGRATION
HOPE Act
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad · Immigration status and procedures · Veterans' medical care
Key facts
Introduced: Jun 24, 2021
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 5
Congress: 117th
Latest action · Jul 12, 2022
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-739.
Summary
Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile Act or the HOPE Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to parole into the United States an alien veteran who (1) is seeking temporary admission to receive health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and (2) is outside the United States after having been ordered removed or voluntarily departed from the United States.
Such parole may not be available for an alien who is inadmissible due to a criminal conviction for a crime of violence, excluding a purely political offense, or a crime that endangers U.S. national security, for which the alien has served at least five years in prison.
Summary by Congressional Research Service.
Timeline
- Jul 12, 2022Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-739.
- Jun 24, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jun 24, 2021Introduced in Senate
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