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To render certain military parents eligible for adjustment of status, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill creates a special immigration pathway for parents of U.S. citizens who are or were serving in the Armed Forces (on active duty or in a reserve component with an honorable discharge). These military parents would be eligible to adjust their immigration status and become permanent residents. The bill waives certain standard inadmissibility grounds for these individuals, though the Secretary of Homeland Security may discretionally waive only certain grounds if the applicant establishes they do not pose a public safety threat and have no unrelated criminal convictions. The bill also allows parents who were previously removed or voluntarily departed from the United States to apply for immigrant visas from abroad. Additionally, it establishes a program permitting applicants with pending cases to temporarily enter the United States as nonimmigrants to reunite with their U.S. citizen children while their permanent residency applications are being processed.
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4 cosponsors
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Top reported contributors to Salud O. Carbajal’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $39,900
- TIGER MOON GROUP $13,200
- JENNINGS AERONAUTICS INC. $9,900
- WINDOW WORLD $9,900
- CHUMASH $8,400
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Actions (2)
- May 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- May 21, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 21, 2025
Mr. Carbajal (for himself, Ms. Salazar, and Mr. Soto) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To render certain military parents eligible for adjustment of status, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Protect Patriot Parents Act”.
SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN MILITARY PARENTS.
Section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(o)(1) In applying this section to an alien described in paragraph (2)—
“(A) such alien shall be deemed, for purposes of subsection (a), to have been inspected and admitted into the United States; and
“(B) in determining the alien’s admissibility as an immigrant—
“(i) paragraphs (6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B) of section 212(a) shall not apply; and
“(ii) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the discretion of the Secretary, may waive the application of paragraphs (6)(C), (9)(A), and (9)(C) of section 212(a) if the alien establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the alien does not pose a threat to the public and has not committed any criminal offenses in violation of Federal or State law unrelated to the alien’s status.
“(2) An alien is described in this paragraph if the alien—
“(A) is a parent of a United States citizen who—
“(i) is or was serving on active duty in the United States Armed Forces or in a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces; and
“(ii) if discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces, was discharged or released under honorable conditions; and
“(B) is the beneficiary of a petition for classification under section 204(a)(1)(A) as an immediate relative (as defined in section 201(b)) by reason of the parental relationship to such citizen.”.
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN GROUNDS FOR INADMISSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN MILITARY PARENTS.
Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
“(c)(1) In determining the admissibility as an immigrant of an alien described in paragraph (2)—
“(A) subsection (a)(9)(B) shall not apply; and
“(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the discretion of the Secretary, may waive the application of paragraphs
(6)(C), (9)(A), and (9)(C) of subsection (a) if the alien establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the alien does not pose a threat to the public and has not committed any criminal offenses in violation of Federal or State law unrelated to the alien’s status.
“(2) An alien is described in this paragraph if the alien—
“(A) is a parent of a United States citizen who—
“(i) is or was serving on active duty in the United States Armed Forces or in a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces; and
“(ii) if discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces, was discharged or released under honorable conditions; and
“(B) is the beneficiary of a petition for classification under section 204(a)(1)(A) as an immediate relative (as defined in section 201(b)) by reason of the marriage to such citizen.”.
SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY OF REMOVED OR VOLUNTARILY DEPARTED ALIENS.
(a) In General.—The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that eligible aliens who were removed or permitted to depart voluntarily from the United States before the date of the enactment of this Act may apply from abroad for an immigrant visa pursuant to the amendment made by section 3.
(b) Nonimmigrant Admission Pending Adjudication.—The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State shall establish a program under which an eligible alien with a pending application made under subsection (a) may be authorized to enter the United States as a nonimmigrant to reunite with their United States citizen son or daughter during the period in which such application, and an associated application for adjustment of status, remain pending. In determining whether an alien is eligible to be admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant under this subsection, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State shall require the alien to establish to the satisfaction of each Secretary that the alien does not pose a threat to the public or to national security. In determining the admissibility as a nonimmigrant of an alien described in this subsection, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the discretion of the Secretary, may waive the application of paragraphs (6)(C) and (9) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)). <all>
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