S 893
101th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Aliens
Christianity
Jews
Refugees
Religion in communist countries
U.S.S.R.
Vietnam
Vietnamese
A bill to establish certain categories of Soviet and Vietnamese nationals presumed to be subject to persecution and to provide for adjustment to refugee status of certain Soviet and Vietnamese parolees.
Introduced: May 2, 1989
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 8, 1989
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs.
May 2, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
May 2, 1989
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Provides for the establishment of categories of aliens who are subject to persecution in the Soviet Union or in Vietnam and therefore admissible as refugees into the United States. (Deems Jews and Evangelical Christians in the Soviet Union and Vietnamese registered with the Orderly Departure Program to be such categories.)
Provides for the adjustment of status to refugee status for certain Soviet and Vietnamese parolees residing in the United States.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1