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The bill creates a humanitarian pathway for Ukrainian parolees to obtain permanent status and protections for vulnerable family members, trading faster, stabilized immigration relief for increased administrative costs and some security and enforcement risks.
Eligible Ukrainian nationals paroled into the U.S. (and their qualifying family members) can obtain lawful permanent resident status if they meet vetting and eligibility requirements, providing long‑term immigration stability and a path out of temporary parole.
Adjustment applicants are protected from removal and do not accrue unlawful presence while a bona fide application is pending, reducing immediate deportation risk and preserving applicants’ ability to work and remain in the U.S. during adjudication.
Adjustment applicants are exempted from immigrant numerical caps, allowing qualifying applicants to receive LPR grants without waiting for visa availability and speeding access to permanent status.
Waivers of many inadmissibility grounds could permit some applicants with past inadmissible conditions to adjust status, raising public‑safety and enforcement concerns if vetting or record checks fail to identify risks.
Expanding eligibility for LPR and exempting applicants from visa caps likely increases immigration‑related costs for federal agencies and for public services that serve newcomers, imposing additional taxpayer expense.
Providing fee waivers, administrative protections, and new adjudications increases DHS and agency workload and could delay processing of other immigration cases or strain resources during implementation.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Allows certain Ukrainians paroled into the U.S. after Feb 20, 2014 (and qualifying family/caregivers) to seek lawful permanent residence after refugee-equivalent vetting and DHS national-security review.
Introduced April 30, 2025 by William R. Keating · Last progress April 30, 2025
Creates a pathway to lawful permanent residency for certain Ukrainian nationals paroled into the United States after February 20, 2014, and for qualifying accompanying family members or caregivers, provided they pass security, admissibility, and national-security vetting. It applies refugee-equivalent screening and interviews, allows DHS to waive many inadmissibility grounds for humanitarian, family-unity, or public-interest reasons, and includes protections for spouses whose marriages ended because of abuse.