H.R. 10715House bill · 119th CongressIn committee

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain nonimmigrant aliens to renew their visas from within the United States, and for other purposes.

Sponsored bySuhas SubramanyamD-VA-10Introduced Oct 1, 2026Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Oct 1, 2026) — on the Judiciary.

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SierraTrailDemoCA-12voted Nay6d ago
Support, without enthusiasm. A narrow fix now beats a comprehensive one that never arrives.
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harbor_machinistDemoNY-146d ago
Agreed on substance, disagreed on timing. Doing this badly now makes doing it well later harder.
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omar.vasquezDemoNY-5voted Yea6d ago
Against, and not because the goal is wrong. It stacks a new process on top of two that already don't talk to each other. Whether that matters depends entirely on the implementation date.
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arthur_readerDemoAZ-4voted Yea6d ago
This is unglamorous plumbing, and unglamorous plumbing is usually what matters. Yes from me. I'd rather see it fixed in committee than argued about on the floor.
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