H.Res. 708: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the immigration policies of the United States should reduce automatic removal and detention, restore due process for immigrants, and repeal unnecessary barriers to legal immigration.

H.Res. 708: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the immigration policies of the United States should reduce automatic removal and detention, restore due process for immigrants, and repeal unnecessary barriers to legal immigration.

114th Congress · introduced 2016-04-27 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-04-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the immigration policies of the United States should reduce automatic removal and detention, restore due process for immigrants, and repeal unnecessary barriers to legal immigration.

Plain summary

Supports immigration legislation that: acknowledges that immigrants and their families have inherent dignity and are deserving of human rights; restores immigration system fairness by updating the definition of "aggravated felony"; restores discretion to immigration judges to waive grounds of inadmissibility and deportability based on family and community equities, humanitarian considerations, other individualized circumstances, or because it is in the public interest; restores judicial review of case decisions to protect due process; eliminates mandatory detention and prolonged detention for immigrants and preserves the Department of Homeland Security's authority to exercise detention discretion; repeals programs that permit local law authorities to enforce federal immigration laws; and repeals the 3-year, 10-year, and permanent bars and other unnecessary barriers to legal immigration.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the immigration policies of the United States should reduce automatic removal and detention, restore due process for immigrants, and repeal unnecessary barriers to legal immigration.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · 33 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Judy Chu (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hres708.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hres>

Record fed-us-cong114-hres708 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114