Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 3.djvu/250

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116 STAT. 1842 PUBLIC LAW 107-273—NOV. 2, 2002 (i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an alien with permanent resident status on a conditional basis under paragraph (l)(F)(ii), if no petition is filed with respect to the alien in accordance with subparagraph (B), the Attorney General shall terminate the permanent resident status of the alien (and the alien's spouse and children if it was obtained on a conditional basis under section 216A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1186b)) as of the second anniversary of the continuation, under paragraph (l)(F)(ii), of the conditional basis of the alien's lawful admission for permanent residence. (ii) HEARING IN REMOVAL PROCEEDING.—In any removal proceeding with respect to an alien whose permanent resident status is terminated under clause (i), the burden of proof shall be on the alien to establish compliance with subparagraph (B). (E) DETERMINATIONS AFTER PETITION.—If a petition is filed by an eligible alien in accordance with subparagraph (B), the Attorney General shall make a determination, within 90 days of the date of such filing, whether— (i) the petition contains any material misrepresentation in the facts and information alleged in the petition with respect to the commercial enterprises included in such petition; (ii) all such enterprises, considered together, created full-time jobs for not fewer than 10 United States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or other immigrants lawfully authorized to be employed in the United States (other than the eligible alien and the alien's spouse, sons, or daughters), and those jobs exist on the date on which the determination is made, except that— (I) this clause shall apply only if the Attorney General made an adverse determination with respect to the eligible alien under paragraph (l)(A)(ii); (II) the provisions of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1) shall apply to a determination under this clause in the same manner as they apply to a determination under paragraph (l)(A)(ii); and (III) if the Attorney General determined under paragraph (l)(A)(ii) that any jobs satisfying the requirement of such paragraph were created, the number of those jobs shall be subtracted from the number of jobs otherwise needed to satisfy the requirement of this clause; and (iii) considering all such enterprises together, on the date on which the determination is made, the eligible alien is in substantial compliance with the capital investment requirement described in section 216A(d)(l)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1186b(d)(l)(B)), except that— (I) this clause shall apply only if the Attorney General made an adverse determination with