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<dc:title>119 HR 5294 IH: For the relief of Miguel Lopez Luvian.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-09-10</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">V</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 5294</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250910">September 10, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S001193">Mr. Swalwell</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">For the relief of Miguel Lopez Luvian.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H7EDC20713C774C34BC38CF3AFDA35293" style="OLC"><section id="HBEB32CE271AC43C3B7A4381CE956773C" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Naturalization of Miguel Lopez Luvian</header><subsection id="HD4C748F55AFB4635A93FE0E5876C5A82"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="H33FAFAF191C54C978952DCD6772584CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miguel Lopez Luvian has lived in the United States of America for 27 years, and has had immigration status petitions pending for most of that time;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDF6219425EA94232BDA9092638735FCC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>he is the husband of a United States Citizen, the father of three United States Citizens, and the grandfather to one United States Citizen;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8709CFDF7D5A497EBDE1465AF14099E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Miguel Lopez Luvian has complied with the requirements provided by the Department of Homeland Security, and was arrested and detained at a routine immigration check-in and interned at the Golden State Annex in McFarland, California before being deported to Mexico;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4569C7AE908545289CE269D89F2F8F3B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>that deportation took place in direct contravention of a scheduled court hearing, during which a temporary restraining order was granted which would've prevented his removal from the United States of America; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4A6B7D72C84C4C50AE4C19297419598A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>his family, employer, and community would be better served if Miguel Lopez Luvian were to return to his home in Livermore, California.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H660CD63661754651AD2B8483D7D70D94"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Naturalization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 337(a) or any other provision of title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1401">8 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.</external-xref>), Miguel Lopez Luvian shall be considered to be a naturalized citizen of the United States as of the date of the enactment of this Act and shall be furnished by the Attorney General with a certificate of naturalization.</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

