Sec. 609. Barring persecutors and terrorists from registry
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Section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1259 ) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary of Homeland Security, in the discretion of the Secretary and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, may enter a record of lawful admission for permanent residence in the case of any alien, if no such record is otherwise available and the alien— entered the United States before January 1, 1972; has continuously resided in the United States since such entry; has been a person of good moral character since such entry; is not ineligible for citizenship; is not described in paragraph (1)(A)(iv), (2), (3), (6)(C), (6)(E), (8), or (9)(C) of section 212(a); is not described in paragraph (1)(E), (1)(G), (2),
(4)of section 237(a); and did not, at any time, without reasonable cause, fail or refuse to attend or remain in attendance at a proceeding to determine the alien’s inadmissibility or deportability. The record of an alien’s lawful admission for permanence residence shall be the date the Secretary approves the application for such status under this section. .
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Sec. 609
Barring persecutors and terrorists from registry
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