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GAO-02-114R 1 (2001-10-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalwa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: £ Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 October 22, 2001 The Honorable Robert C. Byrd, Chairman The Honorable Ted Stevens, Ranking Minority Member Committee on Appropriations United States Senate The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch, 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 F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Chairman The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: Immigration Benefits: Sixth Report Required by the Haitian Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 This letter responds to certain requirements of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 19981 (HRIFA) that authorized certain Haitian nationals and their dependents to apply to adjust their status to legal 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 legal permanent residence. The reports are to contain a breakdown of the numbers who applied and 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, children, and GAO-02-114R Immigration Benefits I P.L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-538.