A bill for the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister.

VI 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 653 For the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 5, 2019 Mr. MENENDEZ introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL For the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 4 and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 5 Act (8 U.S.C. 1151), Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllis- 6 ter, and Sean Ryan McAllister shall each be eligible for 7 an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of 8 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon 9 filing an application for an immigrant visa under section 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Mar 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S653.IS S653 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 653 IS 204 of such Act or for adjustment of status to lawful per- 1 manent resident. 2 (b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Malachy McAllis- 3 ter, Nicola McAllister, or Sean Ryan McAllister enters the 4 United States before the filing deadline described in sub- 5 section (d), he or she shall be considered to have entered 6 and remained lawfully in the United States and shall, if 7 otherwise eligible, be eligible for adjustment of status 8 under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 9 (8 U.S.C. 1255), as of the date of the enactment of this 10 Act. 11 (c) WAIVER OF GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF, OR DE- 12 NIAL OF ADMISSION.— 13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 14 212(a) and 237(a) of the Immigration and Nation- 15 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a) and 1227(a)), Malachy 16 McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAl- 17 lister may not be removed from the United States, 18 or denied admission to the United States, by reason 19 of any act of any of such individuals that is a 20 ground for removal or denial of admission and is re- 21 flected in the records of the Department of Home- 22 land Security, or the Visa Office of the Department 23 of State, on the date of the enactment of this Act. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Mar 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S653.IS S653 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 653 IS (2) RESCISSION OF OUTSTANDING ORDER OF 1 REMOVAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 2 shall rescind any outstanding order of removal or de- 3 portation, or any finding of deportability, that has 4 been entered against Malachy McAllister, Nicola 5 McAllister, or Sean Ryan McAllister by reason of 6 any act described in paragraph (1). 7 (d) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 8 FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply unless 9 Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan 10 McAllister each file an application for an immigrant visa 11 or for adjustment of status, with appropriate fees, not 12 later than two years after the date of the enactment of 13 this Act. 14 (e) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 15 Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent 16 resident status to Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, 17 and Sean Ryan McAllister, the Secretary of State shall 18 instruct the proper officer to reduce by three, during the 19 current or next following fiscal year, the total number of 20 immigrant visas that are made available to natives of the 21 country of the aliens’ birth under section 202(a)(2) of the 22 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)). 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Mar 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S653.IS S653 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS