To For the relief of Luana S. Cordeiro.
HB3666 is a private immigration relief bill for Luana S. Cordeiro. It would make her eligible to apply for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident, notwithstanding the usual numerical limits in the Immigration and Nationality Act. If she entered the United States before the bill’s filing deadline, the bill would treat her as having entered and remained lawfully for purposes of adjustment of status.
The bill also bars removal, denial of admission, or ineligibility for permanent residence based on any grounds for removal or inadmissibility already reflected in DHS or State Department records on the date of enactment. It directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to rescind any outstanding removal or deportation order, or related inadmissibility or deportability finding, against her for those reasons. The relief is time-limited: an application must be filed with the required fees within two years of enactment. If relief is granted, the bill requires the State Department to reduce the immigrant visa count for the relevant country by one, and it specifies that her parents and siblings do not receive any immigration benefit from her status.
In practical terms, the bill would amend the application of federal immigration law only for this named individual, creating a special pathway around sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act governing visa availability, adjustment of status, inadmissibility, and removal. It would not change the general immigration rules for other applicants, but it would require federal agencies to process her case as if certain legal barriers did not apply.
The available record shows no committee debate and no votes yet, so there is no documented floor or committee sentiment to assess. Based on the bill text alone, the measure appears narrowly tailored and humanitarian in nature, but it also implicates standard concerns about private bills that grant individualized immigration relief outside the ordinary process.
The main point of contention, if any arises, would likely be whether Congress should grant a one-person exception to immigration rules and waive existing removal or inadmissibility grounds. Supporters would likely emphasize equitable relief for an individual case, while critics could argue that such relief bypasses normal immigration enforcement and precedent-setting concerns, even though the bill expressly limits benefits to Luana S. Cordeiro and excludes derivative benefits for relatives.
The bill would create a one-time statutory exception to the Immigration and Nationality Act for Luana S. Cordeiro, authorizing immigrant visa issuance or adjustment of status, waiving specified inadmissibility and removal grounds, and requiring DHS to rescind any related outstanding removal or deportation orders. It would also require a corresponding reduction in the annual immigrant visa allocation for the relevant country of birth, while leaving the broader immigration statutes unchanged for all other persons.
There is no recorded committee discussion or vote history in the provided materials, so formal sentiment cannot be measured from legislative action. The bill’s text suggests a narrowly targeted private-relief measure, which is typically framed as humanitarian or equitable relief for an individual case, but the absence of debate means there is no documented support or opposition to characterize beyond that.
No specific contention is documented in the provided record because there are no transcripts or votes. The likely issue, based on the bill’s structure, is the use of a private bill to override ordinary immigration eligibility, inadmissibility, and removal rules for a single named individual. Potential supporters would favor individualized relief; potential opponents would object to special treatment, waiver of existing grounds, and the precedent of congressional intervention in a single immigration case.