{"id":1403,"date":"2026-09-26T20:48:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T23:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/?page_id=1403"},"modified":"2026-09-26T23:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:24:15","slug":"yellow-card-bill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/pt\/yellow-card-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yellow Card Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/media-generation-yellow-card-hero-free-people-0-29f32605-4039-428c-9c0f-0cb92e29b218.webp'); background-size: cover; background-position: center; min-height: 520px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; position: relative; margin-left: calc(-50vw + 50%); margin-right: calc(-50vw + 50%);\">\n<div style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; background: rgba(13, 24, 48, 0.55);\"><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"position: relative; z-index: 1; color: #ffffff; font-size: 48px; text-align: center; margin: 0; padding: 40px 20px;\">The Yellow Card Bill<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><em>A bipartisan immigration proposal \u2014 conceived and developed by Daniele Oliver, Founder and President of the United States Immigrants Center (USIC), since 2023, and presented to members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate in Washington, D.C.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<h2>The idea<\/h2>\n\n<p>Project Yellow Card is a bipartisan, non-amnesty immigration framework designed to address the humanitarian and security crisis at the U.S. border while disrupting the multi-billion-dollar criminal networks that profit from illegal migration. It creates a legal channel for economic migrants through a paid, verified application process \u2014 reducing asylum abuse and turning the funds now captured by smugglers into lawful national revenue. Cardholders could also travel abroad temporarily and re-enter the United States lawfully.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Why it matters<\/h2>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Redirects the $4\u20136 billion earned annually by transnational smuggling networks into regulated, lawful channels.<\/li>\n<li>With lawful authorization, the U.S. could gain an additional $40 billion in annual revenue.<\/li>\n<li>Undocumented immigrants already pay about $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes each year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yellow Health:<\/strong> a proposed program allowing immigrants to pay directly for their own health coverage instead of relying on Medicaid or emergency services \u2014 potentially $33 billion per year at scale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2>Status<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Yellow Card Act exists today as a discussion draft, shared with federal policymakers for feedback and debate. USIC continues to develop the proposal and welcomes substantive review.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Documents<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/The-Yellow-Card-Act-Bipartisan-Discussion-Draft.pdf\" download>Download: The Yellow Card Act \u2014 Bipartisan Discussion Draft (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Project-Yellow-Card-Policy-Advocacy-Dossier.pdf\" download>Download: Project Yellow Card \u2014 Policy &amp; Advocacy Dossier (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><em>Shared as a discussion draft for public debate. Not legislation; no endorsement by any official or office is implied.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yellow Card Bill A bipartisan immigration proposal \u2014 conceived and developed by Daniele Oliver, Founder and President of the United States Immigrants Center (USIC), since 2023, and presented to members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate in Washington, D.C. The idea Project Yellow Card is a bipartisan, non-amnesty immigration framework designed to address the humanitarian and security crisis at the U.S. border while disrupting the multi-billion-dollar criminal networks that profit from illegal migration. It creates a legal channel for economic migrants through a paid, verified application process \u2014 reducing asylum abuse and turning the funds now captured by smugglers into lawful national revenue. Cardholders could also travel abroad temporarily and re-enter the United States lawfully. Why it matters Redirects the $4\u20136 billion earned annually by transnational smuggling networks into regulated, lawful channels. With lawful authorization, the U.S. could gain an additional $40 billion in annual revenue. Undocumented immigrants already pay about $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes each year. Yellow Health: a proposed program allowing immigrants to pay directly for their own health coverage instead of relying on Medicaid or emergency services \u2014 potentially $33 billion per year at scale. Status The Yellow Card Act exists today as a discussion draft, shared with federal policymakers for feedback and debate. USIC continues to develop the proposal and welcomes substantive review. Documents Download: The Yellow Card Act \u2014 Bipartisan Discussion Draft (PDF) Download: Project Yellow Card \u2014 Policy &amp; Advocacy Dossier (PDF) Shared as a discussion draft for public debate. Not legislation; no endorsement by any official or office is implied.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1403","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1450,"href":"https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1403\/revisions\/1450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usimmigrantcenter.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}