Education Access for Rightful Noncitizens Act

To provide for cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain long-term residents who entered the United States as children.

2/28/2007--Introduced.
Education Access for Rightful Noncitizens Act or the EARN Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who:
(1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act;
(2) is a person of good moral character;
(3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
(4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States; and
(5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal. Sets forth the conditions for conditional permanent resident status, including:
(1) termination of status for violation of this Act; and
(2) removal of conditional status to permanent status. Authorizes an alien who has satisfied the appropriate requirements prior to enactment of this Act to petition the Secretary for conditional permanent resident status. Sets forth provisions respecting:
(1) exclusive jurisdiction;
(2) penalties for false application statements;
(3) confidentiality;
(4) fee prohibitions for expedited application processing; and
(5) a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report respecting the number of aliens adjusted under this Act.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Paul Gillmor [R, OH-5]

Committees

• House Judiciary
• 1 more
  • House Judiciary
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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 28, 2007

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• Mar 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
• Feb 28, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
• Introduced on Feb 28, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.1275
• S.774
• S.2205

Related Issue Areas:

• Immigration
• Administrative fees
• Administrative procedure
• Administrative remedies
• 21 more
• Budgets
• Children
• Confidential communications
• Congress
• Congressional investigations
• Criminal justice
• Department of Homeland Security
• Deportation
• Education
• Elementary and secondary education
• Executive departments
• Fines (Penalties)
• Fraud
• Higher education
• Illegal aliens
• Immigrant education
• Labor
• Law
• Naturalization
• Residence requirements
• Students

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