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S 893 101th Congress Senate

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…

Official title: 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… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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 See on congress.gov
Immigration AliensChristianityJewsRefugees
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Religion in communist countriesU.S.S.R.VietnamVietnamese
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This bill died when the 101st Congress ended
It never became law before the 101st Congress (1989–1990) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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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
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 Latest action May 8, 1989

Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 2, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 893: 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.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-893/
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"S. 893: 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.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-893/.
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S. 893, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-893/.
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