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Civil LibertiesTransparency & AccountabilitySets the House floor rules for an immigration bill — and shifts a date on who could get green cards.
Civil Liberties
H.R. 1589 would offer a green card to people whose home country held Temporary Protected Status on a set date. This amendment moves that date to July 1, 2024, so countries protected after 2017 would now count.
The old date was January 1, 2017. People from countries whose protection was dropped between 2017 and mid-2024 would no longer meet this test.
Transparency & Accountability
The resolution treats the date change as already adopted. Members would vote on the full bill, but never on this change by itself.
Once the House takes up H.R. 1589 under these terms, members could not offer their own changes. Only a single motion to send the bill back to committee stays open.
More about this bill
Nothing in your daily life would change from this resolution. It only sets the House floor rules for one immigration bill, H.R. 1589. That bill would let some immigrants apply for green cards. Members could not offer changes on the floor. One motion to send the bill back to committee is allowed. Debate would run one hour, split evenly between the two parties on the Judiciary Committee. One change to H.R. 1589 is treated as already passed, with no separate vote. It moves a key date from January 1, 2017 to July 1, 2024. Under H.R. 1589, one path to a green card runs through Temporary Protected Status. Your home country must have had that status on the listed date. Moving the date swaps who is covered. People protected more recently could qualify. People whose protection ended before mid-2024 could not.
Congressional Summary
This resolution provides for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1589) to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-07-02
- Date Added
- 2026-07-14
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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