It recognizes the special circumstances in which Nicaraguans. and other Central Americans. came to the United States during a specific period of timewhen they were fleeing the unrest created by the Communist governments of the era. It allows this specific group of individuals and families to complete the process that they may have started 10 or 15 years agoand importantlyto complete the process under the same set of rules that they started with. Critics may say that we are undoing the immigration bill of last year. We are not. The 4000peryear cap on suspensions of deportation is still intact. we are just not applying it to this specific group of individuals. The stronger standards to qualify or suspension of deportation still remain current law. We are just allowing this group to go through the process without changing the rules in midstream. Also important: this is not an amnesty bill.
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