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GGD-99-92R 1 (1999-04-21)

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A   O         United States General Accounting Office
              Washington, D.C. 20548
              General Government Division


              B-282509

              April 21, 1999

              The Honorable Ted Stevens, Chairman
              The Honorable Robert C. Byrd, Ranking Minority Member
              Committee on Appropriations
              United States Senate

              The Honorable On-in 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: Applications for Adjustment of Status Under the Haitian
              Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998

              The Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 19981 (HRIFA) authorizes certain Haitian
              nationals to apply to adjust their status to legal permanent residence. Section 902(k) 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 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. The reports are to be provided until all applications have been finally adjudicated.

              The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the Executive Office for Immigration
              Review (EOIR) have not yet received or approved any applications for adjustment of status
              under HRIFA. INS and EOIR expect to jointly publish interim regulations by the end of April


              P.L. 105-277, Division A, Title IX, 1998.


GAO/GGD-99-92R Immigration Benefits


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