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HR 3033 105th Congress House Immigration Administrative remedies Alien labor Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Deportation Families Haiti Haitians Immigrants Labor and Employment Latin America Law Married people Political persecution Refugees Right of asylum Visas

Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1997

Introduced: November 12, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 24, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Nov 12, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 12, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1997 - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain Haitian nationals (and their spouses and children) who were paroled into the United States or filed for amnesty before a specified date.

Sets forth stay of removal and work authorization provisions.

What's happening now November 24, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 13
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 1, 1998
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 5, 1998
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 5, 1998
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jan 27, 1998
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jan 27, 1998
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jan 27, 1998
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jan 27, 1998
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 27, 1998
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 27, 1998
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 27, 1998
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jan 27, 1998
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jan 27, 1998
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jan 27, 1998
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3033: Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3033/
MLA
"H.R. 3033: Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3033/.
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H.R. 3033, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3033/.
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