119th Congress · introduced in the House · Mar 26, 2025
American Families United Act
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Latest action (Mar 26, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Immigration
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Mar 26, 2025)
American Families United Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or the Department of Justice (DOJ) to exercise discretion in certain immigration cases.
Under this bill, DOJ or DHS may, on a case-by-case basis, exercise discretion by declining to remove a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) or bar an alien from entering the United States to prevent hardship for the alien's U.S. citizen spouse, parent, or child. This discretion may also be exercised if the alien is the spouse or child of a deceased U.S. citizen.
For the purposes of this bill, it shall be presumed that family separation constitutes hardship.
However, DOJ or DHS may not exercise this discretion if the alien is removable or inadmissible due to certain grounds, including specified crime- and security-related grounds.
This exercise of discretion may be applied to an alien who was ordered removed or denied entry prior to this bill's enactment if the alien files a motion to reopen or reconsider within two years of this bill's enactment.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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FWD.US · lobbying firm or registrant: FWD.US
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 20, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
$260,000
Spent on own lobbying
General Immigration Issues, H.R.2366 - American Families United Act H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act, provisions related to EADs
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST · lobbying firm or registrant: HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
$67,470
Spent on own lobbying
…ntidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act - To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of noncitizens. H.R.2366 - American Families United Act - To help families facing separation by granting immigration judges and officials authority to weigh the impact that family sepa…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FWD.US · lobbying firm or registrant: FWD.US
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
$340,000
Spent on own lobbying
General Immigration Issues, H.R.2366 American Families United Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing