HR 348
107th Congress
House
Immigration
Administrative remedies
Aliens
Caribbean area
Cuba
Cubans
Department of Justice
Deportation
El Salvador
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Guatemala
Guatemalans
Haiti
Haitians
Honduras
Immigrants
Latin America
Law
Married people
Central American and Haitian Adjustment Act of 1999
Introduced: January 31, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 16, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Jan 31, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 31, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Central American and Haitian Adjustment Act of 1999 (sic) - 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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Committees of jurisdiction
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