Sponsor
Jose Luis Correa
Representative · D-CA
Representative · D-CA
The bill secures lawful permanent residency and clears removal records for a named individual, at the cost of limiting derivative family reunification, using one visa allocation, and reinforcing a precedent of individualized congressional immigration relief.
Ivana Sifuentes Arbirio can apply for and obtain lawful permanent residence despite prior inadmissibility or removal grounds if she files within two years; she will be treated as retroactively lawfully admitted as of enactment and DHS must rescind outstanding removal/deportation orders and inadmissibility findings against her, clearing her immigration records.
Providing individualized statutory relief for this case creates a precedent for case-by-case congressional immigration grants, affecting future immigration applicants, congressional workflow, and taxpayers by reinforcing ad hoc policymaking rather than broad rulemaking.
Immediate family members (parents and siblings) of Ivana Sifuentes Arbirio are barred from deriving immigration benefits through her, removing a potential pathway to family reunification for them.
Granting her an immigrant visa reduces the number of available immigrant visas for her birth country by one in the current or next fiscal year, slightly lengthening wait times for other applicants from that country.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Allows one named individual to obtain an immigrant visa or adjust to lawful permanent resident status despite certain INA bars, if she files within two years; DHS must rescind prior removal findings and one visa is deducted from her country's allotment.
Official title: For the relief of Ivana Alexandra Sifuentes Arbirio.
Introduced June 10, 2025 by Jose Luis Correa · Last progress June 10, 2025
Grants Ivana Alexandra Sifuentes Arbirio the ability to apply for and receive an immigrant visa or to adjust to lawful permanent resident status despite certain grounds of inadmissibility or deportability in the Immigration and Nationality Act, if she files the required application and fees within two years of enactment. If she entered the U.S. before filing, she is treated as having entered and remained lawfully as of the enactment date; DHS must rescind existing removal/inadmissibility findings in its records. If an immigrant visa is issued, the visa count for her country of birth is reduced by one in the current or next fiscal year, and her immediate family (parents, brothers, sisters) are barred from receiving immigration preference or status based on that relationship.