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GAO-01-651R 1 (2001-04-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptanij0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 April 20, 2001 The Honorable Ted Stevens, Chairman The Honorable Robert C. Byrd, Ranking Member Committee on Appropriations United States Senate The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch, Chairman The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy, Ranking 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 F. James Sensenbrenner, Chairman The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: Immigration Benefits: Fifth Report Required by the Haitian 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 of 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 fifth report.2 P.L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-538. The previous reports were (1) hmrnigration Benefits: Applications for Adjustment of Status Under the Haitian Refugee humigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO/GGD-99-92R, Apr. 21, 1999); (2) humigration Benefits: Second Report Required by the Haitian Refugee hmmiration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO/GGD-00-25R, Oct. 19, 1999); (3) hmunigration Benefits: Third Report Required by the Haitian Refugee hmunigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO/GGD-00-122R, Apr. 14, 2000); and (4) hmunigration Benefits: Fourth Report Required by the Haitian Refugee hunmiration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO-01-118R, Oct. 20, 2000). GAO-01-651R Immigration Benefits Page I

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