Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act
Official title: A bill to eliminate employment-based visa caps for abused, abandoned, and neglected children who are classified as special immigrant juveniles, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto D-NVWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2025
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- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 5, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 11 Democrats, 1 independent
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Ben Luján (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 3041 (119th) Tribal Warrant Fairness Act
- S. 911 (119th) Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2025
- S. 390 (119th) BADGES for Native Communities Act
- S. 546 (119th) Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
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Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.