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handle is hein.crs/goveeyd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional *.Research Service informing the I gislative debate since 1914___________________ Build Back Better Act: Immigration Provisions Updated December 7, 2021 The Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, Rules Committee Print 117-18), as passed by the House on November 19, 2021, contains five immigration-related provisions that would impact large numbers of both unauthorized and legally present foreign nationals (aliens). Section 60001. Protections and Work Permits Section 60001 would make unauthorized aliens eligible for immigration parole if they had entered the United States before January 1, 2011, and resided continuously in the country since then. Immigration parole is official permission to enter and remain temporarily in the United States for the parole grant duration. Parole is not formal admission under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and does not grant beneficiaries lawful permanent resident (LPR) status. Prospective parolees would have to pay a fee, complete background checks, and not be inadmissible under certain INA grounds (e.g., certain prior criminal convictions, national security threat). Parolees would be eligible for a driver's license or state identification card and authorized to work in and travel outside the United States. Parole would be granted for five years, extendable until September 30, 2031, and would be irrevocable unless the parolee had become ineligible under Section 60001. An estimated 6 to 7 million unauthorized aliens would qualify. Section 60002. Recapture of Unused Immigrant Visa Numbers In 1990, Congress established the current annual numerical limits for family-sponsored and employment- based immigrants. Processing issues and INA statutory language prevent some visas from being used each year, and they subsequently become unavailable. Bills have repeatedly been introduced to recapture them. Section 60002 would amend the INA to make unused employment-based visa numbers available in the following fiscal year, as currently occurs for most unused family-sponsored visa numbers. Section 60002 would also recapture any remaining family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant visas that went unused from FY1992 through FY2021. Applying a methodology used by the Department of State (DOS), CRS estimates that 247,000 family-sponsored and 194,100 employment-based visas remained unused at the end of FY2021. The DOS methodology used to produce this estimate appears generally consistent with the bill's approach, but the estimate is not based on an exacting interpretation of the bill's language. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11811 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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