Create a pathway for Dreamers, DACA recipients, and certain undocumented immigrants to earn lawful status through work, education, military service, restitution, and compliance.

Dreamers and DACA recipients are provided with conditional permanent resident status for 10 years. Then, they will have a pathway to adjust to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status through work experience, military service, or higher education. Establishes the Dignity Program... recipients will be offered a chance to work, pay restitution, get right with the law, and earn legal status.

The bill creates a status and earned-legalization pathway for Dreamers and long-term undocumented immigrants.

The Dignity Act | Representative Maria Salazar
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As a co-lead of the American Dream and Promise Act, I am proud to support legislation that gives these young men and women the dignity they have earned: certainty to build their future in the only country they've ever called home.

Salazar reaffirmed support for legislation creating an earned pathway to lawful permanent residence for eligible Dreamers, including education, military service, or employment requirements and protection from removal while applications are pending.

Rep. Salazar Signs Discharge Petition to Advance the American Dream and Promise Act for Dreamers and TPS Recipients | Representative Maria Salazar
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The Dignity Act would allow eligible, longtime undocumented immigrants to earn renewable legal status and work authorization after meeting strict requirements.

Salazar promoted the Dignity Act as creating renewable legal status and work authorization for eligible longtime undocumented immigrants who meet strict requirements.

Salazar Joins Acting Labor Secretary Sonderling to Highlight No Tax on Tips, Address Restaurant Workforce Crisis | Representative Maria Salazar
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Congress.gov shows the bill's latest action as a July 15, 2025 referral to multiple House committees and says the bill's status is Introduced. There is no House or Senate passage on the record.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill status remains introduced, so the pathway promise is unresolved rather than delivered.

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H.R.4393 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Rep. Salazar's official site says the GROW Coalition endorsed the DIGNITY Act and argued the immigration system is hurting the ability to retain scientists, engineers, and innovators. This is advocacy momentum, not legislative enactment.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Recent official activity shows continued promotion of the bill, but not enactment or committee movement in the lookback window.

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Nation's Top Scientists Endorse the Dignity Act | Representative Maria Salazar
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