With the current backlog of the second preference. family members may be separated for up to 10 years. This situation is intolerable. Second. as an administrative action. family fairness policy may be rescinded at any time by the INS after the ineligible relative has revealed herself/himself as undocumented and. therefore. subject to deportation. The policy grants 1 year voluntary departure to a legalized persons spouse and children. which essentially means that the relative is immediately deportable but deportation Is suspended for 1 year. At the end of the year. the INS reevaluatee the applicants eligibility and at that time may be deemed deportable. Presumably. this annual renewal process will continue until a visa becomes available. however. this is no guarantee. However. the INS could decide to stop the program and deport the immediate family members who have exposed themSelves to the INS. While the IRCA provided a legalization program for certain undocumented residents. it focused on the individual. not the family. Unfortunately. the legalization program under IRCA and the INS administrative actions have failed to maintain the family unity of legalized persons immediate family. The bill I am introducing today will prevent further deportation of legalized persons family members and guarantee family unification. H.R. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.
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