Sponsor
Pablo José Hernández
Representative · P-PR
Representative · P-PR
The bill provides one named immigrant with canceled removal and a faster path to lawful permanent residence while creating a single, Chairman-based PAYGO reference for Congress—trading a targeted, individualized immigration relief and administrative clarity against fairness concerns for other applicants and risks to the accuracy and impartiality of budget scoring.
Federal budget offices, federal employees, and taxpayers get a single clear reference for PAYGO scoring because the Chairman's printed statement is designated as the authoritative estimate, simplifying score lookup and legislative bookkeeping.
Diego Montoya Bedoya can obtain lawful permanent residence if he files within two years, and his outstanding removal order is rescinded, allowing him to live and work permanently in the U.S. and access benefits tied to LPR status.
The bill permits timely issuance of an immigrant visa for the named individual without regard to numerical worldwide limits, speeding his path to residency compared with standard queue processes.
Using the Chairman's printed statement instead of independent CBO scoring could bias PAYGO determinations and understate long-term costs, potentially shifting or obscuring fiscal impacts that affect taxpayers.
If the Chairman's statement is only submitted up to the time of the vote, late-arising cost information may be excluded from PAYGO calculations, reducing the accuracy and completeness of budget scoring for lawmakers and the public.
Parents and siblings are barred from deriving immigration benefits from this individual, eliminating a potential chain-immigration pathway for his family members.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Makes one named individual eligible for an immigrant visa or adjustment to LPR status regardless of numerical limits, waiving recorded inadmissibility/deportability and charging a visa to the country cap.
Grants Diego Montoya Bedoya a special exception to U.S. immigration numerical limits and certain petition rules so he may receive an immigrant visa or adjust to lawful permanent resident status. It waives recorded grounds of inadmissibility or deportability shown in DHS or State Department Visa Office records as of enactment, requires DHS to rescind related removal orders, conditions the benefit on submitting required applications and fees within two years, and directs the Secretary of State to count the visa against the appropriate country allotment. The bill also prevents his immediate family from deriving immigration preference from him based solely on that relationship. The second provision addresses how the bill’s budget effects are reported for Pay-As-You-Go purposes.
Official title: For the relief of Diego Montoya Bedoya.
Introduced February 27, 2025 by Pablo José Hernández · Last progress February 27, 2025