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Official title: To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 26, 2025 by Sylvia Garcia · Last progress February 26, 2025
The bill creates broad new pathways to lawful permanent residence, work authorization, education benefits, and legal supports for many long‑term, DACA, and TPS/DED recipients—providing stability and opportunity—while imposing fees, strict criminal/security bars and vetting, eligibility windows, and additional administrative burdens that will delay or deny relief for some and require government implementation resources.
DACA recipients, TPS/DED holders, and other long‑term eligible noncitizens can apply for a pathway to lawful permanent residence (conditional LPR leading to full LPR after meeting education/work/military criteria), giving many families and young adults a realistic route to stability and eventual permanent status.
Eligible applicants gain economic stability and access to work authorization, public benefits, and lower college costs (repeal of §1623 enables states to offer in‑state/residency tuition to eligible noncitizen students), reducing barriers to employment and education.
The bill simplifies and safeguards the application process for many: it creates streamlined paths for DACA grantees, permits adjustment without motions to reopen, allows withdrawal without prejudice, protects prima facie eligible applicants from removal while adjudication continues, accepts broad categories of evidence, and requires background checks before conditional status is granted.
Many applicants still face substantial application and processing fees (examples cited: up to $495, up to $1,140, plus a $25 surcharge), which can be a significant burden for low‑income immigrants and families even where some exemptions exist.
Applicants with certain criminal convictions or specified law‑enforcement referrals can be permanently barred or denied waivers, leaving some longtime residents without relief despite deep U.S. ties.
Biometric/biographic collection, mandatory background checks, security vetting before granting status, and authorized sharing of application data for fraud or criminal investigations may delay relief and expose applicants to criminal probes or enforcement action.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Creates conditional LPR status for childhood entrants and an adjustment path for certain former TPS/DED nationals, with eligibility, waivers, and procedural rules.
Creates two new pathways to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status: a conditional LPR path for people who entered the United States as children and meet continuous-presence, age/entry, admissibility, conduct, and education/enrollment requirements; and an adjustment-of-status path for certain nationals of countries previously designated for TPS or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED). The bill sets eligibility rules, background-check, biometric, fee, waiver, and application-timeline requirements, clarifies treatment of prior removal orders and certain criminal records, and establishes definitions and procedural protections for applicants.