For the relief of Roberto Carlos Lopez.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This private bill makes Roberto Carlos Lopez eligible to apply for an immigrant visa or adjustment to lawful permanent resident status despite the ordinary worldwide numerical limits. If he enters the United States before the application deadline, the bill treats his entry and stay as lawful for adjustment purposes, provided he is otherwise eligible.
The bill waives any admission or removal ground already reflected in Department of Homeland Security or State Department Visa Office records on enactment day. DHS must rescind any outstanding removal or deportation order, or finding of inadmissibility or deportability, based on those recorded grounds. Lopez must file the proper visa or adjustment application with required fees within two years.
If the relief is granted, the Secretary of State must reduce by one the immigrant visas available in the current or next fiscal year to people born in Lopez's country, using the applicable family-sponsored or per-country category. Lopez's natural parents, brothers, and sisters receive no immigration right, privilege, or status solely because of their relationship to him.
Who Benefits and How
Roberto Carlos Lopez benefits from eligibility for a visa or permanent residence, protection from specified removal or admission grounds, lawful-entry treatment under the stated condition, and rescission of covered removal findings. The relief gives him a two-year application window but does not waive filing fees or unrelated eligibility requirements.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USCIS adjustment officers, DHS removal-order staff, and State Department visa officers must identify and implement the person-specific waivers, process the application, and update records. One other visa applicant born in the same country may face a longer wait because the available visa count is reduced by one. Lopez's natural parents and siblings cannot claim derivative immigration status from this private relief. Lopez must still file on time and pay the required fees.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes Roberto Carlos Lopez to apply for an immigrant visa or lawful permanent residence outside ordinary numerical limits.
- Provides conditional lawful-entry treatment if he enters before the two-year filing deadline.
- Bars removal, denied admission, or permanent-residence ineligibility based on grounds already recorded at enactment.
- Requires DHS to rescind covered removal, deportation, inadmissibility, or deportability findings.
- Limits the relief to an application filed with fees within two years.
- Requires the State Department to reduce the relevant country visa allocation by one after approval.
- Prohibits Roberto Carlos Lopez's natural parents or siblings from receiving derivative rights solely through the private act.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Grants Roberto Carlos Lopez a two-year pathway to an immigrant visa or lawful permanent residence, waives recorded admissibility and removal grounds, orders rescission of outstanding removal findings, and offsets the relief by one visa number.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Private Relief, Lawful Permanent Residence, Removal Proceedings, Immigrant Visas
Primary Purpose
Grants Roberto Carlos Lopez a two-year pathway to an immigrant visa or lawful permanent residence, waives recorded admissibility and removal grounds, orders rescission of outstanding removal findings, and offsets the relief by one visa number.
Policy Domains
Section 1 permanent resident relief for Roberto Carlos Lopez
Identified Gains
- Roberto Carlos Lopez
- Roberto Carlos Lopez's immigration counsel
- USCIS officers receiving statutory waiver authority
Identified Costs
- USCIS adjustment officers
- DHS removal-order staff
- State Department visa officers
- Same-country immigrant visa applicants
- Roberto Carlos Lopez's natural parents
- Roberto Carlos Lopez's siblings
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Mr. Davis of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Roberto Carlos Lopez, Roberto Carlos Lopez's natural parents, Roberto Carlos Lopez's siblings
Positive-direction: Roberto Carlos Lopez
Negative-direction: Roberto Carlos Lopez's natural parents, Roberto Carlos Lopez's siblings, Same-country immigrant visa applicants
DHS removal-order staff, State Department visa officers, USCIS adjustment officers
Roberto Carlos Lopez's immigration counsel
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "beneficiary"
- → Roberto Carlos Lopez
- "proper_officer"
- → Officer administering the applicable immigrant-visa allocation
- "state_secretary"
- → Secretary of State
- "homeland_security_secretary"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Two years after enactment, with the proper application and required fees filed by that date.
A one-number reduction in the current or next fiscal year's applicable visa allocation for people born in the beneficiary's country.
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