; and (C) submits an application to the Secretary. (2) Numerical limitations do not apply The numerical limitations of sections 201 and 202 shall not apply to the adjustment of aliens to lawful permanent resident status under this section. (3) Rule of construction This subsection does not prevent an alien granted protected status under this section who does not meet the requirement of paragraph (1)(B) from adjusting status under section 245. (n) Review The Secretary shall establish a process for an alien denied protected status under this section to seek review of such a determination. Such process shall not prevent an alien from asserting eligibility for status under this section in removal proceedings. . 3. Temporary protected status clarifications (a) Expunged convictions not a bar Section 244(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Conviction For purposes of this paragraph, the term conviction does not include an adjudication or judgment of guilt that has been dismissed, expunged, deferred, annulled, invalidated, withheld, or vacated, an order of probation without entry of judgment, or any similar disposition. . (b) Aliens considered inspected and admitted into the United States Section 244(f)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1254a(f)(4) ) is amended by inserting after considered the following: as having been inspected and admitted into the United States, and . 4. Report on protected status On the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate a report that includes, for the previous 90-day period— (1) the number of aliens who submitted applications to the Secretary for protected status under section 244A of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (2) the number of such applications that were approved