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Porter Goss: “I oppose a long-term extension of that provision of the immigration law, known as section 245(I), which has been…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1997
I oppose a long-term extension of that provision of the immigration law, known as section 245(I), which has been discussed already this morning, which allows aliens who are in this country illegally to pay a fee and then adjust to permanent legal resident status. This provision was, in fact, slipped into permanent law 3 years ago without hearings, without public discussion, or without debate on this floor. That is not the way laws should be made. As part of the immigration reform of the 104th Congress, section 245(I) was set to expire on September 30. In other words, we had a phaseout of that provision, to be fair to all people who were put on notice.
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Porter Goss
Florida
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Addressing the extension of section 245(I) of immigration law during a House debate.

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