H.R. 2508: Child Citizen Protection Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-17 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Child Citizen Protection Act

Plain summary

Child Citizen Protection Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion and who is the parent of a U.S. citizen child, to authorize an immigration judge to decline to order such removal if the judge determines that action to be against the child's best interests. Such discretion shall not apply to an alien when the judge determines that the alien: (1) is excludable or deportable on security grounds, or (2) has engaged in sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking in persons.

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Official text

Child Citizen Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15] · 18 cosponsors

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James P. McGovern (D-MA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2508.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2508 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115