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