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 94 STAT. 106 Permanent residence, admission conditions.

Ante, p. 103.

Alien's admission record.

8 USC 1182.

PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 "(2) Any alien who is found upon inspection and examination by an immigration officer pursuant to paragraph (1) or after a hearing before a special inquiry officer to be admissible (except as otherwise provided under subsection (c)) as an immigrant under this Act at the time of the alien's inspection and examination shall, notwithstanding any numerical limitation specified in this Act, be regarded as lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of such alien's arrival into the United States. "(b) Not more than five thousand of the refugee admissions authorized under section 207(a) in any fiscal year may be made available by the Attorney General, in the Attorney General's discretion and under such regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe, to adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence the status of any alien granted asylum who— "(1) applies for such adjustment, "(2) has been physically present in the United States for at least one year after being granted asylum, "(3) continues to be a refugee within the meaning of section 101(a)(42)(A) or a spouse or child of such a refugee, "(4) is not firmly resettled in any foreign country, and "(5) is admissible (except as otherwise provided under subsection (c)) as an immigrant under this Act at the time of examination for adjustment of such alien. Upon approval of an application under this subsection, the Attorney General sheill establish a record of the alien's admission for lawful permanent residence as of the date one year before the date of the approval of the application. "(c) The provisions of paragraphs (14), (15), (20), (21), (25), and (32) of section 212(a) shall not be applicable to any alien seeking adjustment of status under this section, and the Attorney General may waive any other provision of such section (other than paragraph (27), (29), or (33) and other than so much of paragraph (23) as relates to trafficking in narcotics) with respect to such an alien for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the public interest.", (c) The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 206 the following new items: "Sec. 207. Annual admission of refugees and admission of emergency situation refugees. "Sec. 208. Asylum procedure. "Sec. 209. Adjustment of status of refugees.".

8 USC 1101. Ante, p. 105.

SEC. 202. Section 211 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1181) is amended— (1) by inserting "and subsection (c)" in subsection (a) after "Except as provided in subsection (b)"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to an alien whom the Attorney General admits to the United States under section 207.". SEC. 203. (a) Subsection (a) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151) is amended to read as follows: "(a) Exclusive of special immigrants defined in section 101(a)(27), immediate relatives specified in subsection (b) of this section, and aliens who are admitted or granted asylum under section 207 or 208, the number of aliens born in any foreign state or dependent area who may be issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, shall not in any of the first three quarters of any fiscal

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