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Central American and Haitian Adjustment Act of 1999

Introduced: August 5, 1999 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov

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Aug 24, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

Aug 5, 1999

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Aug 5, 1999

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Central American and Haitian Adjustment Act of 1999 - Amends the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (Act) to: (1) extend permanent resident status adjustment provisions to qualifying Salvadoran, Guatemalan, Honduran, and Haitian nationals; and (2) extend the application filing deadline.

Permits certain pending applications filed by Salvadoran or Guatemalan nationals under the Act or Haitian nationals under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 to be converted to an application for status adjustment under the Act.

Amends such Acts to: (1) authorize the Attorney General to waive certain grounds of inadmissibility; and (2) provide for issuance of immigrant visas to certain spouses and children.

Provides for the limited reopening of certain orders of deportation, exclusion, or removal by certain Haitian, Cuban, or Nicaraguan nationals.

What's happening now August 24, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

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