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GAO-01-118R 1 (2000-10-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalmk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I ~GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 October 20, 2000 The Honorable Ted Stevens, Chairman The Honorable Robert C. Byrd, Ranking Minority Member Committee on Appropriations United States Senate The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch, Chairman The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy, Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable C.W. Bill Young, Chairman The Honorable David Obey, Ranking Minority Member Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives The Honorable Henry J. Hyde, Chairman The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: Immigration Benefits: Fourth Report Required by the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 This letter responds to certain requirements of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998' (HRIFA) that authorized certain Haitian nationals and their dependents to apply to adjust their status to legal permanent residence. Section 902(k) of the act requires the Comptroller General to report every 6 months on the number of Haitian nationals who have applied and been approved to adjust their status to legal permanent residence. The reports are to contain a breakdown on the numbers who applied and the number who were approved as asylum applicants, parolees, children without parents, orphaned children, or abandoned children or as the eligible dependents of these applicants, including spouses, children, and unmarried sons or daughters. Reports are to be provided until all applications have been finally adjudicated. This is our fourth report.2 P.L 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-538. 2 The previous reports were (1) Immigration Benefits: Applications for Adiustment of Status Under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO/GGD-99-92R, Apr. 21, 1999); (2) Immigration Benefits: Second Report Required by the GAO-01-118R Immigration Benefits Page 1

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