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United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001
Worker Amnesty and Opportunity Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for legal permanent resident status for certain undocumented or nonimmigrant aliens who are: (1) alien workers; (2) eligible for admission at a U.S. institution of higher education; or (3) at least 65 years old.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001
Preserving Educational Opportunities for Immigrant Children Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define "transplanted child" as an alien who has been granted cancellation of removal or who has such an application pending. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate the provision prohibiting postsecondary education benefits based on State residency to an illegal alien unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for similar benefits without regard to such residency. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make transplanted children eligible for public benefits. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to cancel the removal of, and adjust to permanent resident status, certain aliens under and above the age of 18 with qualifying years of continuous U.S. residency.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001
Increase in Numerical Limitation for Asylees Adjustment Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the annual limitation on the number of asylees who may adjust to permanent legal resident status.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001
Declares Abecnego Monje Ortiz, Dolores Ortiz, and Eneyda Monje Ortiz to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001
Declares Juan Gonzalez and Mayra Valenzuela to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 2001
Provides for the naturalization of Gao Zhan without her being administered the oath of renunciation and allegiance otherwise required by the Immigration and Nationality Act. Requires the Attorney General to furnish her with a certificate of naturalization.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Child Support Distribution Act of 2001 - Amends title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise requirements for the distribution of child support collected by States on behalf of children receiving certain welfare benefits. Requires the chief executive officer of a State to certify that it has established procedures to ensure that the State agency administering the child support enforcement program will be notified of certain families leaving the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program under SSA title IV part A. Requires the State child support enforcement agency to review and, if appropriate, adjust any child support order relating to any individual leaving TANF. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop recommendations that address participation of public non-IV-D child support enforcement agencies in establishing and enforcing child support obligations. Prescribes requirements for ten demonstration projects involving establishment and enforcement of child support obligations by such agencies. Reduces the amount of child support arrearage which shall trigger denial of a passport. Revises requirements for the use of tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support on behalf of non-minor children. Prohibits garnishment of certain compensation for a service-connected disability paid to a former member of the Armed Forces for alimony or child support less than 60 days in arrears. Limits to 50 percent such compensation allowable for garnishment. Directs the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to eligible entities, among other things to help fathers and their families avoid or leave cash welfare and improve their economic status. Establishes the Fatherhood Grants Recommendations Panel. Instructs the Secretary to award a specified grant to a fatherhood promotion organization meeting certain requirements. Requires the Secretary to disclose new hire information to a State to assist in unemployment compensation program administration. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make ineligible for visas and for admission to the United States certain nonimmigrant aliens with child support arrearages. Provides for an increase in payment rate to States for short term training of staff of State-licensed or State-approved child welfare agencies providing services.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Allows any member of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona residing on the Nation's lands in Arizona or Mexico to apply for U.S. citizenship during a three-year period.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Declares Perla Franccesca Segovia to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Declares Ghassan Mohamad Rajeh to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Family Reunification Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the conditions under which the Attorney General may cancel the removal of certain aliens from the United States, including cancellation of removal for humanitarian or public benefit reasons for certain aliens convicted of aggravated felonies. Authorizes the Attorney General to release such an alien pending the removal decision. Revises conditions for termination of continuous physical presence or residence periods. Permits certain permanent resident aliens: (1) whether physically present in the United States or not, to request administrative relief in exclusion, deportation, or removal proceedings; and (2) to return to the United States without seeking admission.(Eliminates certain conviction-related restrictions on such return.) Directs the Attorney General to establish processes for discretionary waiver of inadmissibility or deportation for certain aliens who would otherwise be subject to exclusion or deportation.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
District of Columbia College Access Act Technical Corrections Act of 2001 - Revises eligibility requirements for tuition assistance under the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 to allow individuals graduating from secondary schools before 1998 and individuals enrolling more than three years after graduating from secondary schools to be eligible for such assistance. Requires the individuals to meet the citizenship and immigration status requirements described in the Higher Education Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility and removability of aliens who have committed acts of torture or war crimes abroad. Directs the Attorney General to establish within the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice an Office of Special Investigations to investigate and remove, denaturalize, or prosecute alien participants of Nazi persecutions, genocide, or torture abroad.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to specify that foreign nationals subject to the ban on electoral campaign contributions by foreign nationals include those who are not nationals of the United States as well as those who are not U.S. citizens. (Thus exempts from the ban persons who owe permanent allegiance to the United States even though they are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents under the Immigration and Nationality Act.)
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2001
Strengthening Working Families Act of 2001 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) block grants to States for media campaigns to promote the formation and maintenance of married two-parent families, strengthen fragile families, and promote responsible fatherhood; (2) State Responsible Father programs; and (3) a national clearinghouse to assist States and communities to promote and support marriage and responsible fatherhood. Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of SSA title IV with regard to rules applicable to child support distribution, including modifying the rule requiring assignment of support rights as a condition of receiving TANF. Outlines provisions for involvement of public non-SSA title IV part D child support enforcement agencies in child support enforcement. Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) make various specified changes to provide for expanded child support enforcement; and (2) provide for use of new hire information in unemployment compensation program administration. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) make nonimmigrant aliens ineligible to receive visas because of child support nonpayment; and (2) authorize legal process to be served in child support cases on any alien who is an applicant for admission to the United States. Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to share child support enforcement information to enforce immigration and naturalization law; and (2) provide for an increase in payment rate to States for expenditures for short-term training of staff of certain child welfare agencies. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise and increase the earned income tax credit for families with qualifying children; and (2) establish a credit for employer-provided child care facility expenditures. Amends: (1) SSA title IV part A to restore the authority of States to transfer up to ten percent of TANF funds to carry out State programs pursuant to SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services); and (2) SSA title XX to restore funds to States for such program. Amends SSA title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) to reauthorize and extend the program for encouraging and enabling each State to establish a program of family preservation services, community-based family support services, time-limited family reunification services, and adoption promotion and support services. Amends SSA title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) to: (1) reauthorize and extend the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program; and (2) repeal the authority of a State to opt-out of the requirement to conduct criminal background checks on prospective foster or adoptive parents.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2001
Declares Alexandre Malofienko, Olga Matsko, and their son, Vladimir Malofienko to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fees.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2001
Consular Review Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of State to establish within the Department of State a Board of Visa Appeals to review consular decisions concerning visa applications, revocations, and cancellations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 2001
Child Status Protection Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to continue classifying as children certain aliens who become 21 years old during the pendency of a petition for family sponsored, employment based, or diversity immigration, or an application for asylum, which was filed prior to their attaining such age. Provides similar status protection for immediate relatives not subject to certain numerical immigration limitations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2001
Fort Smith INS Suboffice Act - Authorizes appropriations to establish and operate an Immigration and Naturalization suboffice in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2001
Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2001 - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain Liberian nationals.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit an H-2A visa alien (temporary agricultural worker) from bringing an employment suit against an employer except in the State of such employer's residence or principal place of business.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2001
Declares Kuan-Fan Hsieh to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2001
Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney General to provide advance notice to an alien and the presiding officer in any immigration proceeding in which classified information is intended to be used. Limits such information's use to: (1) terrorist activity deportation; or (2) opposition to an alien's admission or relief from removal upon certification that such information could not be developed from open sources and that an agency declassification request has been made. Provides: (1) for Federal district court review of classified material upon Attorney General or alien request; and (2) that the court will issue an order indicating any unclassified summary of such material that may be used in the immigration proceeding. Applies the provisions of the Classified Information Procedures Act to an immigration proceeding under district court review in the same manner as a criminal proceeding subject to such Act. Amends the Act to entitle an alien, subject to the classified information provisions of this Act, who is subject to arrest and detention for removal or deportation to: (1) non-federally provided counsel; (2) examine all evidence, present evidence, and question witnesses; (3) have a complete record of the proceeding kept; and (4) judicial review. Exempts an alien who is a lawful permanent resident, parolee, or asylee from the security and related removal provisions. (Such provisions provide for limited hearings and use of nondisclosed information.) Provides for transitional application of information access provisions to alien detainees and aliens seeking immigration benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the petition filing deadline for certain alien spouses and children seeking to adjust to permanent resident status.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 2001
Child Status Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, respecting immediate relative and certain related statuses, to determine the age of an alien child (under 21 years old) as of the filing date of the immigrant visa petition.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the petition filing deadline for certain alien spouses and children seeking to adjust to permanent resident status.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2001
National Homeland Security Agency Act - Establishes a National Homeland Security Agency. Requires the Agency's Director, who shall serve as an advisor to the National Security Council, to: (1) plan, coordinate, and integrate those U.S. Government activities relating to homeland security, including border security and emergency preparedness, and act as a focal point regarding natural and manmade crises and emergency planning; (2) work with State and local governments and executive agencies in protecting U.S. homeland security and support State officials through the use of regional offices around the country; (3) provide overall planning guidance to such agencies regarding homeland security; (4) establish command and control procedures for potential contingencies, including those that require military assets; and (5) annually develop a Federal response plan for homeland security and emergency preparedness. Transfers to the Agency the authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Customs Service, the Border Patrol of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office and the Institute of Information Infrastructure Protection of the Department of Commerce, and the National Infrastructure Protection Center and the National Domestic Preparedness Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Establishes within the Agency: (1) separate Directorates of Prevention, Critical Infrastructure Protection, and Emergency Preparedness and Response; and (2) an Office of Science and Technology to advise the Director with regard to research and development efforts and priorities for such directorates. Requires the Director to establish mechanisms for the sharing of information and intelligence with U.S. and international intelligence entities.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2001
Declares Stefan Zajak and Teresa Bartoszewska-Zajak to be eligible for immigrant visas or adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2001
Comprehensive Early Childhood Education Act of 2001 - Establishes programs relating to early childhood education, including comprehensive programs, staff development programs, model Federal programs, and research and demonstration projects. Allocates program funds, with a focus on young children from low-income families, and reserved amounts for migrant, Indian, and Native Hawaiian children. Directs the Secretary of Education to provide for: (1) financial assistance for comprehensive early childhood education programs to prime sponsors and other public and private nonprofit entities; (2) technical assistance, planning, and evaluation; (3) Federal standards for early childhood education, and development of a uniform minimum code for licensing facilities; (4) research and demonstration projects; and (5) procedures to assure that adequate nutrition services will be provided in early childhood education programs under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance for: (1) preservice and inservice professional and nonprofessional training of individuals, including volunteers, for employment in early childhood education programs, to be conducted by the program agencies or higher education institutions; and (2) establishing and operating model early childhood education programs for the children of civilian Federal employees. Establishes a Special Committee on Federal Standards for Early Childhood Education. Sets forth requirements for early childhood education councils, special grants to States, use of public facilities for child development programs, and Federal share of program costs. Prohibits discrimination, political activities, sectarian instruction, medical or psychological examination or treatment requirements, or research or experimentation on children (other than routine testing) without parents' informed consent, under programs assisted by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 2001
Declares Rita Mirembe Revell (a.k.a. Margaret Rita Mirembe) to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fees.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 2001
Working Families Registry Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the admission date for permanent residence for certain aliens, including additional one-year extensions during specified time periods.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the temporary visitor or student admission of certain alien spouses or children of U.S. permanent resident aliens. States that a petition for permanent resident classification filed on behalf of such alien shall not constitute evidence of intent to abandon a foreign residence.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2001
Directs the Attorney General to increase by 50 for each of FY 2002 through 2006 the number of Immigration and Naturalization Service (full-time) investigators or other enforcement personnel assigned to combat alien smuggling. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to promulgate or amend sentencing guidelines for alien smuggling-related activities so as to: (1) double specified minimum prison terms for smuggling, transporting, harboring, or inducement; (2) increase minimum fines; and (3) increase by at least two offense levels sentencing for intentionally or recklessly creating a substantial risk of serious bodily injury or causing bodily injury or death. Exempts from such provisions offenses: (1) committed other than for profit; or (2) involving the smuggling, transporting, or harboring only of the defendant's spouse, child, or both. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exempt from specified alien smuggling or harboring criminal penalties persons rendering life threatening emergency assistance to an alien in the United States; and (2) subject specified alien smuggling and harboring crimes under the Act committed by an armed person to enhanced penalties. Directs the Commission to revise Federal sentencing guidelines to provide that plea bargaining and other prosecutorial policies, and district policy differences, are not a ground for sentence imposition outside applicable guidelines. Authorizes appropriations for alien smuggling-related undercover and enforcement activities.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2001
Resolution to Expand Access to Community Health Centers (REACH) Initiative - Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that appropriations for consolidated health centers under the Public Health Service Act should be increased by 100 percent over the next five fiscal years in order to double the number of individuals who receive health care services at community, migrant, homeless, and public housing health centers.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2001
Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act - Declares it is Congress' intention in enacting this legislation to: (1) ensure effective immigration control by extending the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, in full to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands with special provisions allowing for the orderly phasing-out of the nonresident contract worker program, and the orderly phasing-in of Federal responsibilities over immigration; and (2) minimize, to the greatest extent possible, potential adverse effects such phase-out might have on the economy of the Commonwealth. Amends the Covenant to establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America (the Covenant Act) to apply the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, to the Commonwealth over a ten-year transition period during which the Attorney General shall implement an immigration transition program for it. Sets forth a statutory scheme for: (1) temporary alien workers; (2) immigrants; (3) adequate employment in Commonwealth's tourism industry after the transition period ends; (4) nonimmigrant investor visas; (5) lawful entry under Commonwealth immigration laws; and (6) entry into the Commonwealth under grandfather provisions for certain long-term employees. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Labor to develop a technical assistance program to aid Commonwealth employers in securing employees from among U.S. labor, including lawfully admissible freely associated state citizen labor. Prohibits the Commonwealth from permitting an increase in the total number of alien workers present there on the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2001
Resolution to Expand Access to Community Health Centers (REACH) Initiative - Expresses the sense of the Senate that appropriations for consolidated health centers under the Public Health Service Act should be increased by 100 percent over the next five fiscal years in order to double the number of individuals who receive health care services at community, migrant, homeless, and public housing health centers.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2001
Young American Workers' Bill of Rights - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise and increase requirements relating to child labor standards, including those for: (1) reporting, recordkeeping, and certification; (2) orders and regulations; (3) penalties; (4) coverage regardless of sales volume; (5) civil actions; and (6) migrant or seasonal agricultural labor. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) compile (jointly with the Census Bureau) annual child labor data with respect to individuals under age 18; (2) provide for coordination among enforcement personnel for Federal and State labor standards, occupational health and safety laws, and Federal immigration laws; (3) establish an Advisory Committee for Child Labor; and (4) publicize violators of child labor laws.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2001
Senior Citizenship Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain older persons from the naturalization U.S. history-government and English language requirements, and permit certain other older persons to take such history-government examination in a language other than English.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2001
Directs the Attorney General to increase by 50 for each of FY 2002 through 2006 the number of Immigration and Naturalization Service (full-time) investigators or other enforcement personnel assigned to combat alien smuggling. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to promulgate or amend sentencing guidelines for alien smuggling-related activities so as to: (1) double specified minimum prison terms for smuggling, transporting, harboring, or inducement; (2) increase minimum fines; and (3) increase by at least two offense levels sentencing for intentionally or recklessly creating a substantial risk of serious bodily injury or causing bodily injury or death. Exempts from such provisions offenses: (1) committed other than for profit; or (2) involving the smuggling, transporting, or harboring only of the defendant's spouse, child, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2001
Andean Adjustment Act of 2001 - Provides for the adjustment to permanent resident status of certain U.S.-resident Colombian and Peruvian nationals (and spouses, children, and certain unmarried sons or daughters).
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2001
Restoration of Women's Citizenship Act - Declares as U.S. citizens certain deceased women who lost their (U.S.) citizenship solely because of marriage to an alien prior to September 22, 1922.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Nashville INS Suboffice Act - Authorizes appropriations to establish and operate an Immigration and Naturalization Service suboffice in Nashville, Tennessee. Sets forth the counties under such suboffice's jurisdiction.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program II and Local Medical Emergency Reimbursement Act - Amends the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 to provide for the reimbursement of States for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens. Defines such costs as: (1) court costs, county attorney costs, and non-trial criminal proceedings; (2) indigent defense; and (3) unsupervised probation costs. Provides for the reimbursement of States for costs of incarcerating juvenile aliens. Provides that reimbursement of States for incarcerating illegal aliens and certain Cuban nationals shall be allocated to give special consideration for any State that: (1) shares a border with Mexico or Canada; or (2) has a large number of undocumented aliens. Authorizes appropriations for allotments to States to be paid to local governments, hospitals, and other providers for emergency health services provided to undocumented aliens. Provides special consideration for providers: (1) in a border county with Mexico or Canada; or (2) in an area with a large number of undocumented aliens.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for U.S. admission of spouses of permanent resident aliens without numerical limitation.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Declares Romeo P. Teodoro to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Waives grounds, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, for ineligibility for admission to, or removal from, the United States of Donna Christine Fargo by reason of her conviction on August 7, 1984, for making false statements to a government office in order to obtain unemployment benefits or her concealment of these convictions from Immigration and Naturalization Service officers on April 9, 1997.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Prohibits Valentine Nwandu from being removed from, or denied admission to, the United States by reason of any criminal offense that is reflected in the records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service or the Visa Office. Directs the Attorney General to rescind any outstanding order of removal or any finding of inadmissability that has been entered against Valentine Nwandu by reason of any such offense.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Declares Edwardo Reyes, Dianelita Reyes, and their children, Susy Damaris Reyes, Danny Daniel Reyes, and Brandon Neil Reyes, to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fees.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should work with the Government of Mexico to advance bilateral cooperation and should seek to: (1) encourage economic growth and development to benefit both the United States and Mexico; (2) strengthen cooperation between the United States and Mexican military and law enforcement entities for the purpose of addressing common threats to security; (3) provide assistance to Mexico, upon request, in support of President Vicente Fox's plan to reform Mexico's judicial system and combat corruption and to strengthen democratic institutions; (4) develop a common strategy to address undocumented and documented immigration and to fight the illicit drug trade by reducing demand; (5) encourage bilateral and multilateral environmental protection activities; (6) obtain the support of the Mexican Government to assist the Government of Colombia in achieving a peaceful political resolution to the conflict in Colombia; and (7) review the current illicit drug certification process and consider other evaluation mechanisms.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Alien Children Protection Act of 2001 - Requires, with exceptions, an alien under the age of 18 who does not have an adult relative or guardian in the United States to be placed in a facility appropriate for children while awaiting final immigration status adjudication. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to adjust the status of an alien under the age of 18 with no lawful immigration status to that of a permanent resident alien if: (1) the alien or parent or guardian has so applied, and the alien has resided in the United States for five consecutive years; or (2) no foreign-domiciled parent or guardian has requested the alien's return, and the Attorney General determines that a return would subject the alien to physical or mental abuse, and it is in the alien's best interests to remain in the United States. Directs the Attorney General to appoint a child welfare professional or trained individual as such alien's guardian ad litem. Expresses the sense of Congress commending the Immigration and Naturalization Service for issuance and implementation of specified children's asylum claims guidelines.