Congress gives one person permanent resident status outside normal rules.
H.R. 10720 — For the relief of Godfrey Oliver Wade. · Filed by Everton Blair (D-GA) · Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill makes Godfrey Oliver Wade a permanent resident. It skips normal visa limits. It removes any grounds for deportation on his record as of the bill's date. The U.S. will reduce by one the immigrant visas for his country. This happens in the next fiscal year. His relatives cannot use family ties to immigrate.
Who it affects
Godfrey Oliver Wade gets permanent resident status. His relatives lose the ability to immigrate based on family connection to him. His country of origin loses one visa slot.
One thing to notice
The bill waives all grounds for deportation on his record. It does not say what those grounds are. His relatives are barred from family sponsorship. Other permanent residents do not face this rule.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Oct 1, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- permanent resident status — Legal right to live and work in the U.S. as a non-citizen.
- grounds for deportation — Legal reasons the government could force someone to leave the country.
- immigrant visas — Official permits that let people from other countries move to the U.S.
- fiscal year — A 12-month period the government uses to count money and plan budgets.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,275 characters) on Oct 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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