,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,serrano introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to provide discretionary authority to  
an immigration judge to determine that  
an alien parent of a ,united ,states    
citizen child should not be ordered     
removed1 deported1 or excluded from the 
,united ,states4  #a4 ,discretionary    
authority with respect to removal1      
deportation1 or exclusion of parents of 
citizen children ,section #bdj7;c77#d7  
of the ,immigration and ,nationality    
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abbi;a7c77#d77 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,d7 ,discretion of judge in
 case of citizen child ,in the case of  
an alien subject to removal1            
deportation1 or exclusion who is the    
parent of a child who is a citizen of   
the ,united ,states1 the immigration    
judge may exercise discretion to decline

 to order the alien removed1 deported or
 excluded from the ,united ,states if   
the judge determines that such removal1 
deportation1 or exclusion is clearly    
against the best interests of the child1
 except that this subparagraph shall not
 apply to any alien who the judge       
determines--  7i7 is described in       
section #bab7;a77#c7 or #bcg7;a77#d72 or
  7ii7 has engaged in conduct described 
in paragraph 7#h7 or 7#i7 of section    
#ajc of the ,trafficking ,victims       
,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #gajb74  4