Mr. President. this is a bill to amend subsection 66 of section 19 of the Immigration Act of 1917. as amended. Under the present law the Attorney General can suspend deportation of certain aliens if he finds that deportation would result in serious economic detriment to a resident of the United States who is a close relative of the alien. The Attorney General then refers the case to Congress and the Congress may reject the suspension. but if the Congress does nothing. the suspension is final and the alien is allowed to remain in the United States permanently. The bill H. R. 3566 broadens the class of aliens who would be eligible for this discretionary relief but it also requires that in every case affirmative congressional approval be given liefore the suspension is final. The new category of persons eligible for discretionary relief is not prospective and. therefore. the provisions of the act do not in any way serve as an inducement to aliens who seek to enter the United States for the purpose of evading our immigration laws.
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