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The bill creates a near-term pathway to permanent residency, work authorization, and protection from removal for eligible Haitian nationals while imposing fiscal costs and raising eligibility-integrity and administrative/enforcement concerns.
Eligible Haitian nationals (and qualifying family members) continuously present since June 26, 2024 can obtain lawful permanent resident status and have prior final removal/deportation/exclusion orders cancelled.
Applicants with pending adjustment applications for more than 180 days are authorized to work in the U.S., improving income stability for families during adjudication.
Applicants may file for adjustment despite prior final removal orders without needing separate motions to reopen, simplifying access to relief and restoring a clear pathway to status.
U.S. taxpayers may incur substantial costs to process applications, issue work authorization, and grant green cards to potentially large numbers of applicants.
Excluding certain inadmissibility grounds could allow some applicants with prior fraud or misrepresentation issues to adjust status, raising concerns about immigration eligibility integrity.
Allowing adjustment without requiring motions to reopen can limit the effect of prior immigration-court fact-finding and complicate enforcement of earlier removal findings.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a 3-year program letting qualifying Haitian nationals and certain family members present since June 26, 2024 apply for lawful permanent resident status with specified waivers and eligibility rules.
Official title: To provide for adjustment of status for certain nationals of Haiti, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 25, 2026 by Frederica Wilson · Last progress June 25, 2026
Provides a three-year program allowing qualifying Haitian nationals (and certain family members and other covered aliens) who have been continuously present in the United States since June 26, 2024 to apply for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status. Applicants are screened for admissibility with specified grounds waived, disqualifications for serious criminal or persecutory conduct, and procedures to address prior removal or exclusion orders. Establishes definitions, permitted short absences, DHS rulemaking and stay-of-removal procedures for applicants with final orders, and a process that cancels prior removal/exclusion orders if the adjustment is granted. Eligible applicants must apply within three years of enactment and meet the statutory criteria described in the Act.