Sponsor
Jose Luis Correa
Representative · D-CA
Representative · D-CA
The bill grants narrowly tailored, time-limited relief restoring immigration status prospects for a named individual while preserving overall visa caps, at the trade-off of a one-visa reduction for her country and potential perceptions of unequal, case-specific treatment of immigration cases.
Immigrants from the beneficiary's country and immigration system stakeholders gain a clear, time-limited process (2-year filing window) to implement the relief while overall visa caps are preserved by a one-visa adjustment for the beneficiary's country of birth.
The named beneficiary, Luisa Mariana Sifuentes Arbirio, can apply for and obtain an immigrant visa or adjust to lawful permanent resident status despite prior inadmissibility findings, and any outstanding removal/deportation orders or inadmissibility/deportability findings against her must be rescinded if relief is granted.
Granting a one-off exception for a named individual may be perceived as preferential treatment and inconsistent with general immigration enforcement, undermining perceptions of equal treatment under the law and raising equity or precedent concerns.
One visa is effectively allocated to the beneficiary by reducing the visa number for her country of birth by one, slightly reducing the number of available immigrant visas for other applicants from that country in the applicable year.
The beneficiary is barred from sponsoring her immediate siblings and parents, limiting potential family-based immigration chain effects those relatives might otherwise pursue.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Provides individualized relief allowing Luisa Mariana Sifuentes Arbirio to receive an immigrant visa or adjust to LPR, waives specific INA barriers, requires filing within two years, and reduces one visa from her country’s numerical limit.
Official title: For the relief of Luisa Mariana Sifuentes Arbirio.
Introduced June 10, 2025 by Jose Luis Correa · Last progress June 10, 2025
Grants Luisa Mariana Sifuentes Arbirio permission to receive an immigrant visa or to adjust to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status despite certain INA provisions. It treats her as having lawfully entered and remained in the U.S. as of enactment if she entered before the bill’s filing deadline, blocks removal or inadmissibility findings tied to Department of Homeland Security or Visa Office records as of enactment, requires DHS to rescind related orders, and allows the benefit only if she files an application with required fees within two years. If approved, the Secretary of State must deduct one immigrant visa from the numerical limit for her country of birth in the current or next fiscal year, and her immediate family (parents, brothers, sisters) are barred from claiming immigration preference through her.