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The bill clarifies and limits registry-based adjustment by creating a statutory pathway for long‑term residents with a clear 60‑day effective date, at the cost of narrowing eligibility for more recent arrivals and imposing administrative burdens that could slow processing.
Long‑term immigrants (those continuously present and whose entry was at least seven years before they apply) gain a clearer, statutory pathway to adjust their immigration status under the registry provision.
DHS adjudicators and applicants get a clear effective date (60 days) to prepare for and implement procedural changes, reducing uncertainty about timing.
Immigrants who have been present for less than seven years before applying would lose eligibility for registry relief, narrowing relief for more recent arrivals.
Implementing the new timing and eligibility rules may increase DHS administrative workload and cause processing delays as procedures and adjudication practices are updated.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Zoe Lofgren · Last progress July 23, 2025
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that anyone applying under the law’s registry provision must have entered the United States at least seven years before the date they apply. The bill also sets a short title for the Act and takes effect 60 days after enactment.