I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 454 
To render certain military parents eligible for adjustment of status, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2021 
Mr. CARBAJAL 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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Patriot Par-
ents 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 fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(n)(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 admit-
ted 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 estab-
lishes 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 
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component of the United States Armed Forces; 
and 
‘‘(ii) if discharged or released from service 
in the Armed Forces, was discharged or re-
leased under honorable conditions; and 
‘‘(B) is the beneficiary of a petition for classi-
fication 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 INADMIS-
SIBILITY 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 immi-
grant 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 appli-
cation of paragraphs (6)(C), (9)(A), and (9)(C) of 
subsection (a) if the alien establishes to the satisfac-
tion 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. 
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‘‘(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 re-
leased under honorable conditions; and 
‘‘(B) is the beneficiary of a petition for classi-
fication 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 DE-
PARTED ALIENS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity 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. 
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(b) NONIMMIGRANT ADMISSION PENDING ADJUDICA-
TION.—The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Sec-
retary of State shall establish a program under which an 
eligible alien with a pending application made under sub-
section (a) may be authorized to enter the United States 
as a nonimmigrant to reunite with their United States cit-
izen son or daughter during the period in which such ap-
plication, 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 non-
immigrant under this subsection, the Secretary of Home-
land 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 non-
immigrant 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 Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)). 
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