Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 57
- Latest action
- Jun 5, 2025
What it does
The Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove numerical limits on employment-based visas for abused, abandoned, and neglected children who are eligible for humanitarian status, allowing them to obtain lawful permanent residency without being subject to annual visa caps. The bill specifically modifies two sections of the law—Section 201(b)(1)(A) and Section 203(b)(4)—to include a new subparagraph (J) that covers these vulnerable youth, thereby treating them similarly to other exempt categories like immediate relatives of U.S. citizens. This change would affect immigrant children who have suffered abuse, abandonment, or neglect and are…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.