There is one situation. though. that perhaps gives some color to this statement. That is because of the language with respect to the adjustment of status. Under existing law the Attorney General has the authority to adjust the status of an alien in a case where his deportation would result in economic detriment to the members of his family. "Economic detriment." We have. changed that language so that the Attorney General can adjust the status in cases of "extreme and unusual hardship." And why? There has been a racket grow up in this country where an alien and his wife want to come to the United States. and the quota is oversubscribed for their country. When the wife becomes pregnant they get a permit to visit Cuba. Of course in order to get to Cuba from Europe they have to pass through the United States. So that they get a transit visa. and somewhere between New York and New Orleans an American citizen arrives. In those cases the Attorney General has adjusted the status of the parents on the theory that to deport them or to compel them to leave the United States would work to the economic detriment of a weekold baby.
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Aliens are exploiting loopholes in the law to gain entry into the US by faking pregnancies and using transit visas.