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Immigration Benefits: Sixth Report Required by the Haitian Immigration Fairness Act of 1998

GAO-02-114R Published: Oct 22, 2001. Publicly Released: Oct 22, 2001.
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The Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 allows Haitian nationals and their dependents to apply to adjust their status to legal permanent residence. The act requires the Comptroller General to report every six months on the number of Haitian nationals who have applied and been approved for legal permanent residence status. GAO found that, as of September 30, 2001, the Immigration and Naturalization Service had received 35,946 applications and had approved 5,072 of them. The Executive Office for Immigration Review had 107 applications filed and had approved 87 of them.

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