Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act

The Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act would remove the annual employment-based visa caps for a specific group of vulnerable migrants: abused, abandoned, and neglected children who are eligible for humanitarian status. The bill does this by adding a new category (subparagraph (J)) to two provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), thereby making this group not subject to direct numerical limits and included in the employment-based visa preference process. In practical terms, eligible youth would have a non-capped path to lawful permanent residence (a green card) through employment-based channels, rather than being constrained by the usual yearly visa caps. This is a narrowly scoped change to the existing visa framework. It does not create new programs or funding; it simply expands eligibility within the current employment-based system for a distinct, vulnerable cohort.