HR 2851 · in committee · major
WISE Act
- immigration
What this bill does
- This bill expands who can get U visas by adding hate crimes, child abuse, and elder abuse as qualifying offenses.
- It affects crime victims seeking visas, immigrants in sensitive locations like schools and hospitals, and DHS enforcement agencies.
- The bill removes the annual cap on U visas, requires work permits for applicants, and bans ICE enforcement near schools and hospitals.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might removing the annual cap on U visas affect wait times and resources at DHS immigration offices?
- 02
What evidence supports that banning ICE enforcement near schools and hospitals would meaningfully protect vulnerable immigrants?
- 03
How could mandatory work permits for U visa applicants change labor market dynamics in industries that employ undocumented immigrants?
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Sponsor · D-WA-7
Pramila Jayapal
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
43/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-04-10
Joining the bill
Yassamin Ansari
D-AZ-3 · original
Daniel S. Goldman
D-NY-10 · original
Nanette Diaz Barragán
D-CA-44 · original
Judy Chu
D-CA-28 · original
Joaquin Castro
D-TX-20 · original
Becca Balint
D-VT · original
Salud O. Carbajal
D-CA-24 · original
Sean Casten
D-IL-6 · original
Greg Casar
D-TX-35 · original
Adriano Espaillat
D-NY-13 · original
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
D-IL-4 · original
Val T. Hoyle
D-OR-4 · original
+ 31 more
Legislative timeline
2025-04-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-04-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-04-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-04-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-04-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-04-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-04-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-04-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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