To extend immigration benefits to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other gender-based violence, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To extend immigration benefits to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other gender-based violence, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Criminal Justice, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HC43C331B995B4DF4BD31350E66D537A0: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Working for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment Act of 2023 or as the WISE Act of 2023.
- Section H74BAFD83D1D14AA28084074393CD2FB2: 2. Purpose; sense of Congress The purpose of this Act is to remove barriers to immigration status for non-citizen survivors of domestic violence, sexual...
- Section H16CE9292B12146C99DBBB0F28191147A: 3. U visa reform Section 101(a)(15)(U)(i)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(i)(I)) is amended by striking the semicolon after...
- Section HBDE9BFCB04B04D27A729C86193D83D35: 4. Immigration status for certain battered spouses and children Section 101(a)(51) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(51)) is amended— in...
- Section H0B43F01FB9A24C86AA1DBD324E7309A4: 106. Relief for abused derivative aliens In this section, the term abused derivative alien means an alien who— is a spouse or child admitted under section...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To extend immigration benefits to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other gender-based violence, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Criminal Justice, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To extend immigration benefits to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other gender-based violence, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Jayapal (for herself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Panetta, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an alien who— is a spouse or child admitted under section 101(a)(15)
a situation involving— a threat to the national security of the United States
an alien who— is a spouse or child admitted under section 101(a)(15)
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