Mr. Speaker. on March 25. 1987. the Subcommittee on Immigration. Refugees. and International Law adopted its Rules of Procedure for consideration of private immigration bills and the full Judiciary Committee adopted the rules on April 8. 1987. As you may know. the subcommittee views private immigration bills as an extraordinary remedy available only to assist aliens with unusual problems and where extreme hardship to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien can be demonstrated. It is. in essence. an exception to the general law. As such. the subcommittee interprets very narrowly the criteria for hardship. The subcommittee sits as a "court of equity" in reviewing the cases before it and a major factor in the consideration of bills are precedents of the Congress.
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