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Title: Immigration legislation and issues in the 107th Congress.
Author: Andorra Bruno
Publication: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs (Report)
Date: June 10, 2002
Publisher: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs
Page: NADistributed by Thompson Gale
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SUMMARY
Top immigration issues before the 107th Congress include the reorganization of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), currently part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the eligibility of noncitizens for public assistance. Also pending are various measures to enable unauthorized aliens to become legal permanent residents (LPRs) and to reform temporary guest worker programs. The House has passed an INS reorganization bill (H.R. 3231) that would abolish INS and create two separate bureaus within DOJ to carry out INS's current immigration services and enforcement functions. The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee has marked up a bill (S. 2452) that would transfer INS's border patrol authorities and functions, along with other agencies' border functions, to a...
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