This bill, titled the Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act, would remove employment-based numerical limits for children who are classified as special immigrant juveniles because they were abused, abandoned, or neglected. The bill changes two parts of the Immigration and Nationality Act to add special immigrant juveniles to the groups not subject to direct numerical limits and to include them in employment-based preference allocation rules.
If you are an abused, abandoned, or neglected child classified as a special immigrant juvenile, this bill would make you not subject to the yearly employment-based visa caps that affect other immigrants. The bill was introduced in the Senate on June 5, 2025, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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The bill's sponsors introduced it to eliminate employment-based visa caps for abused, abandoned, and neglected children who are special immigrant juveniles. Sponsors listed in the bill text include Senators Cortez Masto, Padilla, Schatz, Durbin, Welch, Rosen, Duckworth, Murray, Warren, Merkley, Luján, King, and Gallego.
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