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H.R. 1182: Veteran Deportation Prevention and Reform Act

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H.R. 1182: Veteran Deportation Prevention and Reform Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-18 · Immigration · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Veteran Deportation Prevention and Reform Act

Plain summary

Veteran Deportation Prevention and Reform Act This bill provides protections from deportation for noncitizen veterans and contains other related provisions. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must identify each individual in removal proceedings who is a member of the Armed Forces, a veteran, or a noncitizen spouse or minor child of such an individual. That individual may not be removed until (1) ICE has transferred that individual's case files to an advisory committee created under this bill, and (2) that committee has provided recommendations as to the outcome of the case. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall create a system to share information across various agencies about noncitizen veterans who may be subject to removal to ensure that such a veteran's military service is taken into consideration in immigration-related cases. DHS shall also create a system for (1) identifying noncitizens who are or may be veterans, and (2) collecting data relating to such noncitizens who are in removal proceedings or may have been removed. DHS and the Department of Defense must jointly carry out a program to naturalize a noncitizen (and the noncitizen's spouse and minor children) who serves on active duty in the Armed Forces and is not otherwise ineligible for citizenship if that noncitizen submits an application. DHS shall also establish a program for eligible noncitizen veterans (generally those not convicted for certain serious crimes) to obtain permanent resident status. Similarly, the Department of Justice shall provide permanent resident status to such an eligible veteran in removal proceedings or subject to a final order of removal.

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

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Official text

Veteran Deportation Prevention and Reform Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] · 72 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Juan Vargas (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), James P. McGovern (D-MA), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Darren Soto (D-FL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Mike Levin (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY) and 12 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr1182 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117