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Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States General Accounting Office General Government Division
Washington, D.C. 20548
B-284552
April 14, 2000
The Honorable Ted Stevens, Chairman
The Honorable Robert C. Byrd, Ranking Minority Member
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch, Chairman
The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy, Ranking Minority Member
Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate
The Honorable C.W. Bill Young, Chairman
The Honorable David Obey, Ranking Minority Member
Committee on Appropriations
House of Representatives
The Honorable Henry J. Hyde, Chairman
The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Minority Member
Committee on the Judiciary
House of Representatives
Subject: Immigration Benefits: Third Report Required by the Haitian Refugee Immigration
Fairness Act of 1998
This letter responds to certain requirements of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act
of 19981 (HRIFA), which authorizes certain Haitian nationals and their dependents to apply to
adjust their status to lawful permanent residence. Section 902(k) of the act requires the
Comptroller General to report every 6 months on the number of Haitian nationals who have
applied and been approved to adjust their status to lawful permanent residence. The reports
are to contain a breakdown of the number who applied, as well as the number who were
approved as asylum applicants, parolees, children without parents, orphaned children, or
abandoned children; or as the eligible dependents of these applicants, including spouses,
1 P.L. 105-277, Division A, Title IX.GAO/GGD-00-122R Immigration Benefits
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