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Alien Eligibility for Public Assistance

Description: This report discusses how The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 has affected alien (illegal immigrants and nonimmigrants in the country) eligibility for federal, state, and local government assistance.
Date: November 6, 1998
Creator: Vialet, Joyce C. & Eig, Larry M.
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Immigration: Visa Entry/Exit Control System

Description: This report provides background and analysis on Section 110 and issues related to increasing arrival/departure management at air, land border, and sea ports of entry.
Date: November 9, 1998
Creator: Krouse, William J. & Wasem, Ruth Ellen
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Immigration: Visa Entry/Exit Control System

Description: Section 110 of the IllegalImmigrationReformand ImmigrantResponsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA; Division C of P.L. 104-208) mandates the development of an automated entry/exit control system to create a record for every alien departing from the United States and match it with the record for the alien arriving at the United States. Section 110 also requires that this system identify nonimmigrants who overstay the terms of their admission through online computer searching. The FY1999 Omnibus Consolid… more
Date: November 9, 1998
Creator: Krouse, William J. & Wasem, Ruth Ellen
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Central American Asylum Seekers: Impact of 1996 Immigration Law

Description: This report discuses issues related to the significant portion of the Central Americans affected by the IIRIRA revisions still have asylum cases pending and may obtain legal permanent residence by that avenue if they demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution. The Attorney General also has the discretionary authority to grant blanket relief from deportation, but the discretionary forms of relief do not entail legal permanent residence. There is considerable interest in this issue in the 105… more
Date: November 21, 1997
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
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