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HAMDT 961 (104th)

An amendment, printed as amendment No. 1 in House Rept. 104-483, to make several technical and conforming changes to the bill, requiring border identification cards with biometric identifiers to be issued to aliens who frequently enter the U.S.; directing the INS to consult with authorities regarding the possibility of using closed military bases for housing illegal immigrants awaiting deportation; authorizing local police to arrest, detain, or deport any illegal immigrant in their locality in order to assist the Attorney General; provide that new attorneys hired by the AG be assigned to prosecute immigration related crimes; changes the date for hiring new federal prosecutors from fy 1995 to fy 1996;allows for the immediate release and deportation for nonviolent illegal immigrants; restricts aliens from being deported to a country where they would face possible persecution; allowing family sponsors of alien parents to obtain a performance bond in lieu of health insurance; deleting provisions in the bill to allot 50,000 visas for the spouses of children of lawful permanent resident aliens; clarifying that all aliens may have access to public health immunizations, including treatment for symptoms of communicable diseases, regardless of their cause; deleting the Earned Income Tax Credit provisions which would prohibit individuals without tax i.entification numbers from participating in the program; allowing family-sponsored aliens to receive certain forms of public assistance without violating terms of sponsorship.

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