I–VETS Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires DHS to determine whether an immigration applicant or respondent is serving or has served in the Armed Forces, annotate the record for tracking, and refrain from using that information for removal purposes.
Who Benefits and How
Immigrant service members and veterans could gain better visibility in immigration records and some protection against use of that information in removal proceedings.
Who Bears the Burden and How
DHS would have to collect, annotate, and track military-service information across relevant cases.
Key Provisions
- Requires DHS to determine and annotate current or former military service in specified immigration records.
- Bars use of collected military-service information for removal purposes.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires DHS to determine whether an immigration applicant or respondent is serving or has served in the Armed Forces, annotate the record for tracking, and refrain from using that information for removal purposes.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Veterans Affairs, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires DHS to determine whether an immigration applicant or respondent is serving or has served in the Armed Forces, annotate the record for tracking, and refrain from using that information for removal purposes.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Immigrant service members and veterans whose military status would be identified and protected from removal use
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Homeland Security officials responsible for collecting and maintaining military-service tracking data
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Immigrant service members and veterans whose military service will be tracked and shielded from removal use
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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