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SCONRES 25 101th Congress Senate Immigration Aliens Appropriations Emigration Jews Minorities Refugee policy Refugees Religion U.S.S.R.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the number of refugees admitted to the United States and the appropriation for programs for refugee migration and resettlement should be increased and that the Department of Justice should reestablish the presumption that Jews and members of other religious minorities emigrating from the Soviet Union qualify for refugee status for admission to the United States.

Introduced: March 17, 1989 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 31, 1989
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs.
Mar 17, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 17, 1989
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the number of refugees admitted into the United States and the related resettlement program appropriations should be increased; and (2) the Department of Justice should reestablish the presumption that Jews and other religious minorities emigrating from the Soviet Union qualify for refugee admission status.

What's happening now March 31, 1989

Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs.

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