On a recent site visit by our subcommittee staff. they encountered a Central American family in which the husband. wife. and two of their children had qualified for legalization. However. two other minor children came to the United States after the January 1. 1982. eligibility cutoff date. The immigration officers accepted the application for the eligible spouses and children. But the two ineligible minor children were simply turned away until an official directive was issued. Obviously. were not going to deport these children. They will eventually qualify for immigrant visas in any case as their legalized family members obtain permanent resident status and. later. citizenship. I think its appropriate. therefore. for us to take the modest step of relieving uncertainties which exist by passing the pending amendment. Mr. President. I ask that a letter on this question which I sent to Alan Nelson. Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. be included at this point in the RECORD.
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