To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a new class of nonimmigrant visas for public service employees and authorize lawful permanent resident status for certain individuals holding public service jobs who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. | Community Exchange
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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a new class of nonimmigrant visas for public service employees and authorize lawful permanent resident status for certain individuals holding public service jobs who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.
A House bill to create visas for public service employees and offer permanent residency to certain childhood arrivals in public service.
HR 10248 is a bill in the 119th Congress that would create a new visa type for public service employees. It would also allow some people who came to the United States as children and now work in public service jobs to become lawful permanent residents. The bill was referred to the House Committees on the Judiciary and on Education and Workforce on September 3, 2026.
This bill would create a new visa type and a path to permanent residency for some people in public service jobs. Houston has many immigrants working in public sectors, so local residents may be affected.
