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handle is hein.crs/crsahoe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS20836 March 2, 2001 Immigration Legislation in 106th Congress Ruth Ellen Wasem Specialist in Social Legislation Domestic Social Policy Division Summary The 106'h Congress enacted 23 laws with provisions affecting immigration policy, not including appropriations laws for immigration-related programs, services, and activities. Several major immigration laws dealt with nonimmigrants, i.e., aliens admitted temporarily to the United States. The 106'h Congress revised many of the nonimmigrant employment-based visa categories and created four new nonimmigrant visa categories: H-1C for nurses; T for victims of sexual trafficking; U for victims of domestic violence, material witnesses and humanitarian purposes; and V for immediate relatives of legal permanent residents (LPR) who have immigrant petitions pending. Congress also enacted laws adjusting certain aliens to LPR status, eased the naturalization requirements for certain LPRs, eliminated the per-country ceiling for employment-based immigrant admissions, and modified the requirements for an entry/exit data system. For details on immigration-related funding, see CRS Report RS20618, Immigration and Naturalization Service's FY2001 Budget. This report provides brief summaries of immigration laws enacted by the 106'h Congress (excluding immigration-related appropriations), organized by issue areas. A table presenting a complete list of the laws concludes the report.1 Legal Immigration Family Equity Act A proposal known as the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act (LIFE) was added to the Commerce, Justice, State FY2001appropriations bill that, in turn, was folded into the District of Columbia FY2001 appropriations law (P.L. 106-553). LIFE establishes a new nonimmigrant V visa for the immediate relatives of legal permanent residents (LPRs) who have second preference petitions pending at least 3 years, expands the use of the K nonimmigrant visa to include immediate relatives of citizens with petitions pending, and allows aliens in the late amnesty class action court cases to adjust to LPR status. After intense negotiations, amendments to LIFE - most notably a temporary 1 Shirin Kaleel, a graduate student intern in the Domestic Social Policy Division, provided research assistance in the preparation of this report. Congressional Research Service CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Library of Congress

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