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The bill provides lawful permanent residency and relief from removal for a named individual (stabilizing her status) but does so at the cost of one visa slot and by explicitly blocking her from sponsoring certain family members for preference-based immigration.
Maria Merida de Macario can have outstanding removal/deportation findings against her rescinded if she is granted lawful permanent resident status, preventing her removal and restoring eligibility for benefits and protections tied to LPR status.
Maria Merida de Macario can apply for and obtain lawful permanent resident (green card) status if she is otherwise eligible, allowing her to live and work in the U.S. and access benefits tied to LPR status.
Her relatives (parents and siblings) are expressly barred from receiving preference-based immigration benefits through her, removing a potential family-reunification pathway for them.
Approving her immigrant status uses one of the annual immigrant visa numbers for her country, slightly reducing numerical availability for other applicants from that country.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Introduced November 17, 2025 by Seth Moulton · Last progress November 17, 2025
Grants Maria Merida de Macario permission to apply for an immigrant visa or to adjust to lawful permanent resident status despite certain Immigration and Nationality Act restrictions. It treats her as having entered and remained lawfully for adjustment purposes if she enters before the filing deadline, cancels or bars removal/ inadmissibility actions based on existing DHS or DOS records, requires filing within two years and payment of fees, and reduces the annual immigrant visa numerical limit by one to account for the visa.