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The bill creates a broad, easier-to-navigate pathway to conditional and then permanent residency for many immigrants who arrived as children—improving work authorization, access, and privacy protections—while concentrating heavy administrative, verification, and legal burdens on agencies and applicants, leaving conditional limits, fee/tax requirements, and data‑sharing carve-outs that could reduce protections and slow or complicate many beneficiaries' routes to full citizenship.
Immigrants who arrived as children (including DACA recipients) gain a clear, statutory pathway to conditional lawful permanent resident status with notice and a hearing before termination, providing legal recognition and stability.
The bill creates concrete pathways from conditional status to full lawful permanent residency based on education, military service, or sustained employment, enabling long-term stability for eligible applicants.
Eligible applicants can receive work authorization while their cases are pending, improving their ability to support themselves and contribute to the economy.
Because the bill places no numerical cap and requires extensive vetting, DHS could face major administrative workload increases and processing backlogs that delay relief for many applicants.
Applicants with certain criminal convictions or adverse security determinations can be barred, and many disqualifications are subject to Secretary discretion, risking inconsistent denials and possible removals of long-term residents.
Application fees, tax-attestation requirements, and inclusion of penalties/interest in 'applicable Federal tax liability' could impose significant costs or disqualify applicants, with only limited exemptions and a high medical‑expense threshold for hardship relief.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Creates a two-step pathway for childhood arrivals: an 8-year conditional lawful permanent resident status and removal of conditions to full LPR after education, work, or military service requirements are met.
Introduced December 4, 2025 by Richard Joseph Durbin · Last progress December 4, 2025
Creates a two-step immigration pathway for people who came to the United States as children by allowing eligible long-term childhood arrivals to obtain an 8-year conditional lawful permanent resident (LPR) status and, after meeting education, work, or military service requirements, have the conditions removed to become full lawful permanent residents. Sets eligibility rules, criminal and security bars, documentation options, fee waivers for certain vulnerable applicants, expedited regulatory deadlines, and limits use of application information for immigration enforcement.