The interminable delays and appearances make the Government look like a cold and impervious bureaucracy. rather than an institution responsive to the needs of the citizenry. Mr. President. it makes no sense to me to require these hearings for all adopted children. I believe they cause undue hardship to parents and children alike. and the agonizing delays aggravate what is surely a very traumatic period of adjustment. I agree with the Immigration and Naturalization Service that the preliminary hearings should be severely limited. The legislation which I am introducing today will do so. This bill will exempt from interview all parents and children where the children are age 14 or under. except in those cases where the INS believes that fraud is a likelihood.
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