HR 4393 · in committee · major
DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- immigration
What this bill does
- This bill creates pathways to legal status for some undocumented immigrants and establishes a renewable deferral program for those meeting work or education requirements.
- The bill affects undocumented immigrants, employers, Border Patrol agents, and families seeking to sponsor relatives for immigration.
- It requires a mandatory electronic employment verification system and increases penalties for illegal reentry, with implementation by the Department of Homeland Security.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would the mandatory electronic employment verification system affect small businesses that currently rely on manual hiring processes?
- 02
What criteria determine which undocumented immigrants qualify for the renewable deferral program, and who decides if someone meets those work or education requirements?
- 03
How do the increased penalties for illegal reentry balance against the new legal status pathways, and what evidence supports this approach's effectiveness?
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Sponsor · R-FL-27
Maria Elvira Salazar
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
39/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-07-15
Joining the bill

Adam Gray
D-CA-13 · original

Laura Gillen
D-NY-4 · original

Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R-PA-1 · original

Veronica Escobar
D-TX-16 · original

Don Bacon
R-NE-2 · original

Gabe Evans
R-CO-8 · original

Salud O. Carbajal
D-CA-24 · original

Jake Auchincloss
D-MA-4 · original

Mario Diaz-Balart
R-FL-26 · original

Nikki Budzinski
D-IL-13 · original

Adriano Espaillat
D-NY-13 · original

Mike Kelly
R-PA-16 · original
+ 27 more
Legislative timeline
2025-07-15 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed 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.
2025-07-15 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed 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.
2025-07-15 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed 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.
2025-07-15 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed 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.
2025-07-15 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed 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.
2025-07-15 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed 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.
2025-07-15 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed 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.
2025-07-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-07-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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