YourVoice.Now Summary
Civil LibertiesTransparency & AccountabilitySome immigration approvals since 2021 would get a second look, and the public would see the results.
Civil Liberties
USCIS would go back through approvals it granted from January 20, 2021 on, but only cases tied to a December 2025 order limiting entry. The check asks whether staff applied the right standards.
Transparency & Accountability
The results would have to be posted online where anyone can read them, not just handed to Congress. The deadline is September 15, 2026, the same day USCIS would brief the Judiciary Committees in person.
More about this bill
If you already got an immigration benefit approved, your case could be looked at again. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would have to re-check approvals it granted from January 20, 2021 until the day this becomes law. It applies to one group only: people affected by a December 2025 presidential order that limits entry into the United States. The check asks one thing — did staff apply the right standards at the time? Most people would see no change in daily life. The bill does not say what happens to a case that fails the check. It would give USCIS no new power to take back an approval. By September 15, 2026, the head of USCIS would have to brief House and Senate Judiciary Committees in person. A public report of the findings would go online by that same date.
Congressional Summary
Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act This bill requires the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to review certain approved immigration benefit requests for proper approval. The review must include requests approved during the period starting on January 20, 2021, and ending on the date of enactment of this bill. Immigration benefit requests covered by this bill include those conferred during this period to individuals from the following countries: Angola, Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, the Gambia, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This also includes individuals traveling using documents issued or endorsed by the Palestinian Authority. The bill requires USCIS to report on any findings by September 15, 2026.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to House
- Action Date
- 2026-01-27
- Date Added
- 2026-06-08
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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