Speech #990034230

Mr. Speaker. the Subcommittee on Immigraticn wishes to bring to the attention of our colleagues the new subcommittee "Rules of Procedure and Statement of Policy." for private immigration bills for the 09th Congress. The rules and statement of policy were approved by the subcommittee March 19. 1985. and bV -he full Committee on the Judiciary April 30. 1985. Since the subcommittee acts as a court of equity in deciding whether to grant special relief in private immigration cases. it must reserve affirmative action to those of extraordinary merit and posing heavy hardship. This subcommittee works hard and fairly to insure that meritorious private relief measures are passed and measures which lack merit or where there are other unexhausted avenues of relief are rejected. The subcommittee has evolved. in the past few Congresses. a set of rules and procedures which assist youas a possible author of a private .elief billand the subcommittee in discharging those heavy burdens.