[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 8, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S1315]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated.

       POM-429. A resolution adopted by the Miami, FL City 
     Commission relative to the Nicaraguan and Central American 
     Relief Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

                           Resolution No. 100

       Whereas, on 1997, the Senate and House of Representatives 
     of the United States enacted legislation, known as the 
     Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (``NACARA''), to 
     provide nationals from Nicaragua and certain Central American 
     countries relief from removal and deportation from the United 
     States; and
       Whereas, the deadline to submit and complete NACARA 
     applications with supporting documents and motions expired 
     November, 1999; and
       Whereas, the City Commission wishes that the same 
     privileges and rights bestowed to Nicaraguan and Central 
     American nationals be extended to Haitian immigrants; now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Commission of the city of Miami, Florida:
       Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the 
     Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference 
     thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this 
     Section.
       Section 2. The Federal Government is hereby urged to extend 
     the deadline for a period of six months for those individuals 
     eligible to file applications and motions to gain lawful 
     immigration status under the Nicaraguan and Central American 
     Relief Act (``NACARA'').
       Section 3. The Federal Government is hereby further urged 
     to enact and implement legislation to extend the same rights 
     and privileges granted under NACARA to Haitian immigrants.
       Section 4. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a 
     copy of this Resolution to President William J. Clinton, 
     Vice-President Albert Gore, Jr., Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives J. Dennis Hastert, Attorney General Janet 
     Reno, United States Immigration and Naturalization Service 
     Commissioner Doris Meissner, Senators Connie Mack and Bob 
     Graham, and all the members of the United States House of 
     Representatives for Miami-Dade County.
       Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective 
     immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.

       Passed and adopted this 27th day of January, 2000.

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