CQ reports that: A House Judiciary panel on Wednesday voted to request a report from the Homeland Security Department on a Poland native who would be granted permanent residency under a private relief measure.
The Judiciary Immigration Policy and Enforcement Subcommittee gave voice-vote approval to a motion to request the DHS report on the subject of the private relief bill (HR 1857), Bartosz Kumor.
Under the subcommittee's policies, requests for reports are a step in the legislative process toward advancing private relief measures.
Born in Poland, Kumor came to the United States to live with his uncle at age nine after his mother could no longer financially support him. After returning to Poland when his visitor's visa expired, Kumor came back to the United States on a student visa, but because of attorney delays and other delays he was not adopted by his uncle until age 17. That exceeded the maximum adoption age of 15 required for «immigration» purposes -- a requirement Kumor's lawyer did not know about, according to a written statement from the bill's sponsor, John Conyers Jr., the ranking Democrat on the full Judiciary panel.
"The adoption process was delayed because of poor legal advice," the Michigan Democrat said in the written remarks.
Kumor, who is now in his mid-20s, has since graduated from the University of Michigan and Wayne State University Law School, but his legal status lapsed this year.
The subcommittee's approval of such requests for reports prevents individuals who would be covered under a pending relief bill from being deported until the end of a Congress, with an additional 75-day grace period in the following Congress, a Judiciary staff member said. The protection is the result of an agreement between the committee and the Immigration and Naturalization Service and now the Homeland Security Department, according to the staff member.
The Judiciary Immigration Policy and Enforcement Subcommittee gave voice-vote approval to a motion to request the DHS report on the subject of the private relief bill (HR 1857), Bartosz Kumor.
Under the subcommittee's policies, requests for reports are a step in the legislative process toward advancing private relief measures.
Born in Poland, Kumor came to the United States to live with his uncle at age nine after his mother could no longer financially support him. After returning to Poland when his visitor's visa expired, Kumor came back to the United States on a student visa, but because of attorney delays and other delays he was not adopted by his uncle until age 17. That exceeded the maximum adoption age of 15 required for «immigration» purposes -- a requirement Kumor's lawyer did not know about, according to a written statement from the bill's sponsor, John Conyers Jr., the ranking Democrat on the full Judiciary panel.
"The adoption process was delayed because of poor legal advice," the Michigan Democrat said in the written remarks.
Kumor, who is now in his mid-20s, has since graduated from the University of Michigan and Wayne State University Law School, but his legal status lapsed this year.
The subcommittee's approval of such requests for reports prevents individuals who would be covered under a pending relief bill from being deported until the end of a Congress, with an additional 75-day grace period in the following Congress, a Judiciary staff member said. The protection is the result of an agreement between the committee and the Immigration and Naturalization Service and now the Homeland Security Department, according to the staff member.
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