Sec. 20. Naturalization
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Section 319(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1430(a) ) is amended to read as follows: A person described in this paragraph is— a spouse of citizen of the United States; or any lawful permanent resident and who was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a United States citizen who is or was a spouse, parent, son or daughter. A person described in paragraph
(1)may be naturalized— upon compliance with all the requirements of this title except the provisions of paragraph
(1)of section 316(a); if such person, immediately preceding the date of filing that person’s application for naturalization has resided continuously, after being lawfully admitted for permanent residence, within the United States for at least three years; during the three years immediately preceding the date of filing such application has been living in marital union with their citizen spouse who has been a United States citizen during all of such period; or in the case of a person who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a United States citizen spouse, parent, son or daughter, the requirement of subparagraph (C)(i) shall not apply regardless of whether the person’s lawful permanent resident status was obtained on the basis of such battery or cruelty; has been physically present in the United States for periods totaling at least half of the time referred to in subparagraph (C); has resided within the State or district of the Service in the United States in which the applicant filed such application for at least 3 months; and the provisions of section 204(a)(1)(J) and section 384 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 shall apply in acting on an application under this subsection in the same manner as they apply in acting on petitions referred to in section 101(a)(51). . The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications for naturalization filed before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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