Mr. President. the problem this amendment addresses was created by a 1987 memorandum by the General Counsel of INS interpreting a provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1988 [IRCA]. The effect of the memo was to apply a provision in IRCA clarifying the definition of an "illegitimate" child to the definition of "orphan." This provision was not intended to affect the definition of "orphan." It was intended to extend the rights enjoyed by American mothers of illegitimate children born overseas to American fathers in similar circumstances. The mothers could bring their illegitimate children into the country. fathers could not.
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