PRIVATE LAW 97-44—OCT. 22, 1982
96 STAT. 2631
Private Law 97-44 97th Congress An Act For the relief of George G. Barrios, doctor of medicine, his wife Olga T. Cruz, and their children Kurt F. Barrios, and Karl S. Barrios, and Katrina Adelaida Theresa.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. (a)(1) The Attorney General shall suspend and withhold deportation of George G. Barrios (hereinafter in this Act referred to as "the alien") during the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act if the alien provides written assurances satisfactory to the Attorney General that during such period the alien will practice medicine as a physician in the city of Buffalo, New York. (2) The Attorney General shall terminate such suspension and provide for the deportation of the alien if the Attorney General determines that the alien has failed to comply with such assurances during such period. (b) During the period in which the alien's deportation is suspended under this section, the Attorney General shall permit Olga T. Cruz, spouse of George G. Barrios^ and Kurt F. Barrios, Karl S. Barrios, and Katerina Adelaida Theresa, sons and daughter of George G. Barrios, to be admitted to the United States as nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, notwithstanding section 214(b) of such Act, for such periods as the Attorney General determines to be appropriate. SEC. 2. (a)(1) If the Attorney General determines that the alien has complied with such assurances during such period and that the alien is otherwise admissible to the United States for permanent residence, the Attorney General shall, at the end of such period, cancel the deportation of the alien and adjust the alien's status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, retroactive to the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) If the alien is provided lawful permanent resident status under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall provide the alien's spouse and sons and daughter listed in section 1(b) of this Act with such status. (b) Upon the granting of permanent residence to the alien, or his spouse or sons or daughter, under this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to deduct one number for each such individual from the total number of immigrant visas which are made available to natives of the country of that individual's birth under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, from the total number of such visas which are made available to such natives under section 202(e) of such Act. Approved October 22, 1982.
Oct. 22, 1982 [H R 8281
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8 USC llOl. 8 USC 1184.
8 USC 1153. 8 USC 1152.
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