Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
This private bill grants Maria Cordova eligibility to apply for an immigrant visa or adjustment to lawful permanent resident status, waives specified grounds of inadmissibility or removal as reflected in DHS/State records at enactment, requires DHS to rescind related removal orders, sets a two-year filing deadline with fees, reduces the immigrant visa national limit by one, and bars her parents, brothers, and sisters from receiving family-preference immigration benefits by virtue of their relationship.
Progressives emphasize humanitarian relief; conservatives emphasize rule-of-law concerns.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly targeted private relief measure that is well-specified in mechanism and integration with existing immigration law, with clear implementing actors and a filing deadline.
This private bill grants Maria Cordova eligibility to apply for an immigrant visa or adjustment to lawful permanent resident status, waives specified grounds of inadmissibility or removal as reflected in DHS/State records at enactment, requires DHS to rescind related removal orders, sets a two-year filing deadline with fees, reduces the immigrant visa national limit by one, and bars her parents, brothers, and sisters from receiving family-preference immigration benefits by virtue of their relationship.
Substantively narrow and low-cost but private immigration relief rarely advances through both chambers and faces procedural obstacles.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly targeted private relief measure that is well-specified in mechanism and integration with existing immigration law, with clear implementing actors and a filing deadline.
Progressives emphasize humanitarian relief; conservatives emphasize rule-of-law concerns.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize humanitarian relief; conservatives emphasize rule-of-law concerns.
Likely supportive overall as an individual relief measure preventing deportation and enabling permanent residency.
May want clarity about Maria Cordova’s circumstances and be wary of denying relatives family preference rights.
Pragmatic support is likely if facts justify relief; appreciates limited numeric impact and a deadline.
Concerned about precedent, fairness, and clear documentation of eligibility.
Likely opposed because the bill waives statutory inadmissibility/removal grounds and circumvents standard immigration enforcement.
May accept denying family-preference benefits but view waivers as problematic.
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Substantively narrow and low-cost but private immigration relief rarely advances through both chambers and faces procedural obstacles.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize humanitarian relief; conservatives emphasize rule-of-law concerns.
Substantively narrow and low-cost but private immigration relief rarely advances through both chambers and faces procedural obstacles.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly targeted private relief measure that is well-specified in mechanism and integration with existing immigration law, with clear implementing actors and a…
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