1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Families United Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The rights and interests of U.S. citizens should be protected by our Nation’s immigration laws. (2) It is the intent of Congress to provide the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security with the limited ability to exercise their discretion in favor of the spouses, children, and parents of American citizens in immigration proceedings, on a case-by-case basis, to ensure fairness and prevent hardships associated with family separation. 3. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act shall be construed to provide the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security with the ability to exercise the discretionary authority provided in this Act, except on a case-by-case basis. 4 Definition of conviction (1) In general Section 101(a)(48) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(48) ) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following: (A) The term conviction means, with respect to an alien, a final, formal judgment of guilt entered by a court. A State or Federal court adjudication or judgment of guilt that has been withheld, deferred, expunged, annulled, invalidated, or vacated; an order of probation without entry of judgment