Immigration Benefits: Fifth Report Required by the Haitian	 
Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (20-APR-01, GAO-01-651R).	 
								 
The Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 authorizes  
Haitian nationals and their dependents to apply to adjust their  
status to legal permanent residence. This  report contains a	 
breakdown of the numbers of Haitians  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. GAO found that as of
March 31, 2001, the Immigration and Naturalization Service had	 
received a total of 35,424 applications and had approved 1,454 of
these applications. The Executive Office for Immigration Review  
had 107 applications filed and had approved 76 of them. 	 
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REPORTNUM:   GAO-01-651R					        
    ACCNO:   A00883						        
  TITLE:     Immigration Benefits: Fifth Report Required by the       
             Haitian Immigration Fairness Act of 1998                         
     DATE:   04/20/2001 
  SUBJECT:   Immigration and naturalization law 		 
	     Refugees						 
	     Citizenship					 
	     Immigrants 					 
	     Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act		 
	     of 1998