Speech #900026987

The bill will be received and appropriately referred. and. without objection. the bill will be printed in the REcORD. The bill to provide a statute of limitations with respect to the deportation of aliens from the United States. introduced by Mr. FONG. was received. read twice by its title. referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. and ordered to be printed in the RECORD. as follows: S. 1288 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o/ America in Congress assembled. That section 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1251). relating to the classes of aliens who shall be deported from the United States. is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: 1(g) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act. no alien in the United States (including an alien crewman) shall. on or after the date of enactment of this subsection. be deported If"(A) such alien has been physically present In the United States for a continuous period of not less than ten years. and. during all of the period of his residence in the United States. has been (and still is) a person of good moral character. or "(B) the conduct (whether or not such conduct occurred prior to or after such alien entered the United States) for which such alien is deportable occurred more than ten years prior to the institution of deportation proceedings against him. except that this clause shall not be applicable to any alien who Is deportable because he entered the United States without inspection or at any time or place other than as designated by the Attorney General or has remained in the United States beyond the expiration date of his entry document. "(2) For the purposes of clause (A) of paragraph (1). the fact that any alien conceals or fails to disclose. at the time he entered the United States. or thereafter during the period of his residence in the United States (other than upon inquiry made in any case where such alien appears in any administrative or judicial proceeding held under any law of the United States). any matter relating to the fact that at the time he entered the United States he was within one or more of the classes of aliens excludable by law existing at such time. or that he entered the United States without inspection or at any time or place other than as designated by the Attorney General. or that he has remained in the United States after the expiration date of his entry document. shall not be used as the basis of. or constitute a ground for. a finding that such alien Is not. or was not during such period. of good moral character. "(3) Any alien who meets the requirements of clause (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) and has not acquired permanent residence shall. upon application therefor to the Attorney General. be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date such alien satisfied such requirements. Upon the granting of permanent residence as provided for in this paragraph. the Secretary of State shall reduce by one the number of the visas authorized to be issued under section 203(a) within any class to which the alien is chargeable. for the fiscal year then current."