Protecting Immigrant Gold Star and Military Families Act
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the grounds of deportability for certain relatives of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Limiting grounds of deportability for relatives of members of the Armed Forces and veterans
“(e) Alien relatives of members of the Armed Forces and veterans
“(1) In general—The provisions of this section shall not apply to an alien who—
“(A) is—
“(i) the spouse, widow or widower, parent, son or daughter, or sibling of—
“(I) a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; or
“(II) a veteran (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code); or
“(ii) eligible for the Gold Star lapel button under section 1126 of title 10, United States Code; and
“(B) has not been convicted of—
“(i) a felony;
“(ii) a significant misdemeanor; or
“(iii) three or more misdemeanors that are not significant misdemeanors, each of which occurred on a different date, and arose out of separate conduct; and
“(C) is not otherwise a threat to national security or public safety.
“(2) Significant misdemeanor defined—In this subsection, the term significant misdemeanor means a misdemeanor—
“(A) which is a crime of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(E)(i)));
“(B) which is a sexual assault (as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925(a)));
“(C) which involved the unlawful possession of a firearm (as such term is defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code); or
“(D) for which the alien was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of longer than 90 days.”