[20150108]IF10044_暂缓起诉、提前假释、身份调整.pdf

www.crs.gov | 7-5700 January 8, 2015Deferred Action, Advance Parole, and Adjustment of StatusThe Obama Administrations recent announcement that it is expanding its Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative, and creating a DACA-like program for unlawfully present aliens whose children are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (LPRs), has prompted questions about whether and how deferred action beneficiaries could acquire LPR status as the result of a grant of advance parole. DACA beneficiaries may currently be granted advance parole for humanitarian, educational, or employment purposes, and the Executive is expected to make similar provisions for the aliens granted deferred action through its new initiatives. As explained below, some aliens granted advance parole could potentially acquire LPR status because of how certain provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) are construed. However, there are statutory limits upon who may acquire LPR status in this way, and a grant of advance parole is not the only way such aliens could become LPRs. Basic Legal Framework The INAs provisions regarding adjustment of status, parole, and the 3- and 10-year bars up