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The bill lets a named immigrant (Dr. Yue‑Cheng Yang) remain and obtain lawful permanent residence by rescinding past orders and granting a filing window, while allocating one visa slot to this private relief and creating a precedent for individualized treatment of immigration cases.
Dr. Yue‑Cheng Yang can obtain an immigrant visa or adjust to lawful permanent resident status despite normal INA caps, allowing him to remain and work legally in the U.S.
Dr. Yue‑Cheng Yang will have existing removal/deportation orders and inadmissibility findings based on DHS/State records rescinded, preventing his removal and restoring eligibility for benefits tied to LPR status.
Dr. Yue‑Cheng Yang is given a clear two‑year window to file with required fees, providing a defined timeframe to secure status and reducing procedural uncertainty.
Other visa applicants may be seen as treated unequally because this individualized private relief creates a precedent for case‑by‑case legislation outside normal INA procedures.
Immigrants from Dr. Yang's birth country may experience slightly longer waits because one immigrant visa is effectively allocated to this private relief, reducing visa availability by one.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Introduced February 3, 2026 by Andy Harris · Last progress February 3, 2026
Provides a narrow, individual immigration remedy for Dr. Yue‑Cheng Yang by making him eligible for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status despite normal numerical or preference limitations, treating a prior entry as lawful for adjustment purposes, barring certain grounds from being used to deny or remove him, and requiring agencies to rescind related removal or inadmissibility findings. Eligibility requires filing the immigrant visa or adjustment application with required fees within two years of enactment, and when a visa or green card is granted the applicable country visa-number total is reduced by one in the current or next fiscal year.