S 1965 · 119th Congress

Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act

This bill removes a major barrier for vulnerable immigrant children who have been abused, abandoned, or neglected. Currently, these children—called "special immigrant juveniles" in immigration law—have to compete for a limited number of employment-based visas, which creates a bottleneck and can delay their ability t…

Sponsor

Cortez Masto, Catherine (D-Nevada)

Introduced

2025-06-05

Policy area

Immigration

Latest action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.