American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes conditional permanent resident status for aliens who entered the US as children (under 19), have been physically present since January 1, 2021, meet educational requirements, and pass criminal/security, defines terms of conditional permanent resident status: 10-year validity period, notice requirements, revocation procedures with due process protections (notice and hearing required), and reversion to prior immigration, and establishes requirements to remove conditional basis and grant full permanent residence: degree completion, 2+ years military service, or 3+ years of earned income. It relies on compliance mandates, exemptions, appropriations, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Immigration, Education, and Finance.
Who Benefits and How
Applicants under the Act could face reduced risk, TPS recipients from pre-2017 designated countries could face fewer barriers, and Nonprofit immigration assistance organizations could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
DHS/USCIS (application processing) would take on compliance duties, ICE and CBP would take on compliance duties, and DHS (rulemaking) would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Establishes conditional permanent resident status for aliens who entered the US as children (under 19), have been physically present since January 1, 2021, meet educational requirements, and pass criminal/security...
- Defines terms of conditional permanent resident status: 10-year validity period, notice requirements, revocation procedures with due process protections (notice and hearing required), and reversion to prior immigration...
- Establishes requirements to remove conditional basis and grant full permanent residence: degree completion, 2+ years military service, or 3+ years of earned income.
- Repeals Section 505 of IIRIRA (8 U.S.C. 1623) retroactively, restoring state authority to determine residency for purposes of higher education benefits, allowing states to grant in-state tuition to undocumented students.
- Provides direct path to permanent residence for TPS recipients (from countries designated on January 1, 2017) and DED recipients (eligible as of January 20, 2021) who have been continuously present for 3+ years and meet...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes conditional permanent resident status for aliens who entered the US as children (under 19), have been physically present since January 1, 2021, meet educational requirements, and pass criminal/security, defines terms of conditional permanent resident status: 10-year validity period, notice requirements, revocation procedures with due process protections (notice and hearing required), and reversion to prior immigration, and establishes requirements to remove conditional basis and grant full permanent residence: degree completion, 2+ years military service, or 3+ years of earned income.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Education, Finance
Primary Purpose
The bill establishes conditional permanent resident status for aliens who entered the US as children (under 19), have been physically present since January 1, 2021, meet educational requirements, and pass criminal/security, defines terms of conditional permanent resident status: 10-year validity period, notice requirements, revocation procedures with due process protections (notice and hearing required), and reversion to prior immigration, and establishes requirements to remove conditional basis and grant full permanent residence: degree completion, 2+ years military service, or 3+ years of earned income.
Policy Domains
Title I - Dream Act of 2025
Identified Gains
- Applicants under the Act
- TPS recipients from pre-2017 designated countries
- Nonprofit immigration assistance organizations
- DED recipients
- DACA recipients
Identified Costs
- DHS/USCIS (application processing)
- ICE and CBP
- DHS (rulemaking)
- DHS (background check processing)
- DHS (administrative review process)
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeSponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H884)
Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Clarke …
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
All eligible applicants under the Act, Applicants seeking judicial review, Applicants under the Act
Applicants under the Act faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: All eligible applicants under the Act, Applicants seeking judicial review, Applicants with denied or revoked status, Applicants with expunged or rehabilitated convictions, Applicants with gaps in presence due to extenuating circumstances, Applicants with pending removal orders, Childhood arrivals (Dreamers) meeting eligibility criteria, Conditional permanent residents seeking full status, Conditional permanent residents under Dream Act, DACA recipients, DED recipients, Eligible applicants (immediate application opportunity), Eligible applicants seeking assistance, Low-income applicants (below 150% FPL), Previously deported individuals (post-2017), TPS recipients from pre-2017 designated countries, Undocumented students seeking higher education
Negative-direction: Fee-paying applicants ($25 surcharge)
Congressional oversight, DHS (administrative review process), DHS (annual reporting)
Positive-direction: Congressional oversight, US military/Uniformed Services
Negative-direction: DHS (administrative review process), DHS (annual reporting), DHS (background check processing), DHS (reporting to Congress), DHS (revocation procedures), DHS (rulemaking), DHS employees handling application data, DHS/State Department (establishing procedure for outside applicants), DHS/USCIS (application processing), DHS/USCIS (document review), FBI and law enforcement agencies, Federal district courts, ICE (removal enforcement), ICE and CBP, USCIS (grant administration)
Employers of legalized workers, Employers seeking workers with authorization
Higher education institutions, Public colleges and universities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "the_attorney_general"
- → Attorney General of the United States
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "the_attorney_general"
- → Attorney General of the United States
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Deferred action granted to an alien pursuant to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy announced by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012
As defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, excluding institutions outside the United States
As defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
An offense under Federal or State law punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of more than 1 year
An offense under Federal or State law punishable by a term of imprisonment of more than 5 days but not more than 1 year
For purposes of adjustment of status, does not include judgments that have been expunged, set aside, or resulted in rehabilitative disposition
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