American Families United Act

HR 2366, the American Families United Act, amends immigration law to expand discretion for the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security regarding family-related cases. It allows them to halt removal proceedings or grant relief for spouses and children of U.S. citizens if removal would cause "hardship" (with family separation presumed to constitute hardship), including special provisions for widows/orphans of deceased citizens. The bill also permits waiving certain inadmissibility grounds and excludes cases involving serious violations like terrorism or criminal offenses. This policy change directly affects noncitizens facing removal proceedings who have U.S. citizen family members, without creating new benefits but modifying existing discretionary authority.