Their work. as result. offers U.S. society a host of special and important benefits. The special training. commitment. and circumstances of these religious functionaries are not only an invaluable asset to charitable and nonprofit institutions whose staffing needs cannot be filled from within the United States due to severe decline in domestic religious vocations. but also that the special conditions of their attachment to a specific denominational organization places them in an absolutely noncompetitive position visavis U.S. nationals and legal residents. The persons to be included in this category are "nuns. sisters. brothers. and missionaries." and I note also cantors and others with a religious commitment are also eligible for special immigrant status. The statute of limitations provided in H.R. 5558 is also a humanitarian response to inequities in existing law where families are separated due to a transgression of many years previously and for which there is no waiver under current immigration law. I wholeheartily support passage of H.R. 5559 and urge the support of my colleagues.
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