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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 6, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. NORTON:H.R. 4956.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:clause 1, of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.____________________[Page H902]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Keeping Salvadoran Families Together Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien who is a national of El Salvador in temporary protected status (TPS) to apply for legal permanent resident status if such alien: </p> <ul> <li>is eligible for permanent resident status, </li> <li>applies for adjustment within three years, </li> <li>was granted or was eligible for TPS status, and </li> <li>has been continuously physically present in the United States for at least three years. </li> </ul> <p>(TPS designations permit eligible nationals of designated counties affected by armed conflict or natural disasters to temporarily reside and work in the United States.) </p> <p>The bill: </p> <ul> <li>waives certain grounds of inadmissibility; </li> <li>authorizes the waiver of the continuous physical presence requirement if an alien's removal would cause extreme hardship to the alien or to the alien's spouse, children, parents, or domestic partner; </li> <li>authorizes an alien who has applied for status adjustment to work; and</li> <li>authorizes an alien who has been ordered removed or granted voluntary departure to apply for status adjustment. </li> </ul> <p>An alien's spouse, parent, or unmarried child shall have his or her status adjusted to legal permanent resident if such person is eligible for status adjustment and applies within three years.</p>]]></text>
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