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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2182 

For the relief of Elvira Arellano, Juan Carlos Arreguin, Martı ́n Guerrero 

Barrios, Maria I. Benı ́tez, Francisco J. Castro, Jaime Cruz, Martha 

Da ́valos, Herminion Da ́valos, Disifredo Adan Delvalle, Angel Espinoza, 

Vero ́nica Lopez, Francisca Lino, Maria A. Martı ́n, Juan Jose Mesa, 

Maria Natividad Loza, Blanca E. Nolte, Domenico Papaianni, Romina 

Perea, Juan Jose Rangel Sr., Dayron S. Rios Arenas, Araceli ContrerasDel Toro, Doris Oneida Ulloa, Bladimir I. Caballero, Arnulfo Alfaro, 

Consuelo and Juan Manuel Castellanos, Eliseo Pulido, Gilberto Romero, 

Maria Liliana Rua-Saenz, Aurelia and Tomas F. Martinez-Garcia, Flor 

Crisostomo; Fatuma Karuma, Stanislaw Rychtarczyk, Slobodan Radanovich, and Agustin Sanchez-Dominguez. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 3, 2007 

Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

For the relief of Elvira Arellano, Juan Carlos Arreguin, 

Martı ́n Guerrero Barrios, Maria I. Benı ́tez, Francisco 

J. Castro, Jaime Cruz, Martha Da ́valos, Herminion 

Da ́valos, Disifredo Adan Delvalle, Angel Espinoza, 

Vero ́nica Lopez, Francisca Lino, Maria A. Martı ́n, Juan 

Jose Mesa, Maria Natividad Loza, Blanca E. Nolte, 

Domenico Papaianni, Romina Perea, Juan Jose Rangel 

Sr., Dayron S. Rios Arenas, Araceli Contreras-Del Toro, 

Doris Oneida Ulloa, Bladimir I. Caballero, Arnulfo 

Alfaro, Consuelo and Juan Manuel Castellanos, Eliseo 


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Pulido, Gilberto Romero, Maria Liliana Rua-Saenz, 

Aurelia and Tomas F. Martinez-Garcia, Flor Crisostomo; 

Fatuma Karuma, Stanislaw Rychtarczyk, Slobodan 

Radanovich, and Agustin Sanchez-Dominguez. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 

5 and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 

6 Act, the beneficiaries described in subsection (f) shall each 

7 be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjust8 ment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for 

9 permanent residence upon filing an application for 

10 issuance of an immigrant visa under section 204 of such 

11 Act or for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resi12 dent. 

13 (b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If a beneficiary de14 scribed in subsection (f) enters the United States before 

15 the filing deadline specified in subsection (c), he or she 

16 shall be considered to have entered and remained lawfully 

17 and shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for adjustment 

18 of status under section 245 of the Immigration and Na19 tionality Act as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

20 (c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF

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1 tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 

2 within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

3 (d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 

4 Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res5 idence to a beneficiary described in subsection (f), the Sec6 retary of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce 

7 by 1, during the current or next following fiscal year, the 

8 total number of immigrant visas that are made available 

9 to natives of the country of the beneficiary’s birth under 

10 section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act or, 

11 if applicable, the total number of immigrant visas that are 

12 made available to natives of the country of the bene13 ficiary’s birth under section 202(e) of such Act. 

14 (e) DENIAL OF PREFERENTIAL IMMIGRATION

15 TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural 

16 parents, brothers, and sisters of any beneficiary described 

17 in subsection (f) shall not, by virtue of such relationship, 

18 be accorded any right, privilege, or status under the Immi19 gration and Nationality Act. 

20 (f) BENEFICIARIES.—The beneficiaries described in 

21 this subsection are the following: 

22 (1) Elvira Arellano. 

23 (2) Juan Carlos Arreguin. 

24 (3) Martı ́n Guerrero Barrios. 

25 (4) Maria I. Benı ́tez. 


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1 (5) Francisco J. Castro. 

2 (6) Jaime Cruz. 

3 (7) Martha Da ́valos. 

4 (8) Herminion Da ́valos. 

5 (9) Disifredo Adan Delvalle. 

6 (10) Angel Espinoza. 

7 (11) Vero ́nica Lopez. 

8 (12) Francisca Lino. 

9 (13) Maria A. Martı ́n. 

10 (14) Juan Jose Mesa. 

11 (15) Maria Natividad Loza. 

12 (16) Blanca E. Nolte. 

13 (17) Domenico Papaianni. 

14 (18) Romina Perea. 

15 (19) Juan Jose Rangel Sr. 

16 (20) Dayron S. Rios Arenas. 

17 (21) Araceli Contreras-Del Toro. 

18 (22) Doris Oneida Ulloa. 

19 (23) Bladimir I. Caballero. 

20 (24) Arnulfo Alfaro. 

21 (25) Consuelo and Juan Manuel Castellanos. 

22 (26) Eliseo Pulido. 

23 (27) Gilberto Romero. 

24 (28) Maria Liliana Rua-Saenz. 

25 (29) Aurelia and Tomas F. Martinez-Garcia. 


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1 (30) Flor Crisostomo. 

2 (31) Fatuma Karuma. 

3 (32) Stanislaw Rychtarczyk. 

4 (33) Slobodan Radanovich. 

5 (34) Agustin Sanchez-Dominguez. 

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