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The bill secures lawful‑status relief and prevents removal for one named individual, while imposing minor costs: one immigrant visa slot diverted, barred family‑based benefits for his close relatives, and modest administrative work for federal agencies.
Roberto Carlos Lopez (a named individual) can obtain an immigrant visa or adjust to lawful permanent resident status and avoid removal—any outstanding removal/deportation orders and findings of inadmissibility/deportability will be rescinded and he may be treated as having lawfully entered and remained for adjustment purposes (avoiding consular processing if he filed by the deadline).
Close family members (parents and siblings) of the beneficiary are expressly barred from receiving family‑based immigration benefits through their relationship to him, eliminating that pathway for those relatives.
Granting relief to the named individual uses one immigrant visa slot, reducing the number of visas available to natives of his birth country in the relevant fiscal year by one.
Implementation requires DHS and State Department actions (rescinding orders, processing/adjusting status, updating records), creating modest administrative burdens and use of agency staff time and resources.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Allows Roberto Carlos Lopez to apply for and receive a green card despite specified INA bars, requires DHS to rescind related orders, and reduces one immigrant visa from his birth country's cap.
Introduced February 20, 2026 by Danny K. Davis · Last progress February 20, 2026
Grants Roberto Carlos Lopez permission to get an immigrant visa or adjust to lawful permanent resident even though certain grounds in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) would normally bar him. He must file the required applications and pay fees within two years of the law taking effect; if he reentered the U.S. before that filing deadline he will be treated as having entered and remained lawfully and may adjust status immediately if otherwise eligible. The Department of Homeland Security must cancel any existing removal orders or findings of inadmissibility/deportability reflected in DHS or DOS Visa Office records as of enactment for the specified grounds, and he cannot be removed or denied admission based on those grounds going forward. If an immigrant visa is issued under this provision, the Secretary of State will subtract one from the numerical immigrant visa allocation for nationals of his birth country in the current or next fiscal year. Natural parents, brothers, and sisters of Roberto Carlos Lopez are explicitly barred from receiving immigration benefits based on that family relationship under this law.