[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 123 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session S. 123 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for prompt parole into the United States of aliens in order to attend the funeral of an immediate blood relative in the United States and to deny parole status to aliens who are excludable from admission into the United States. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 21 (legislative day, January 5), 1993 Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. Simon) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for prompt parole into the United States of aliens in order to attend the funeral of an immediate blood relative in the United States and to deny parole status to aliens who are excludable from admission into the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PROMPT PAROLE OF ALIENS IN ORDER TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF AN IMMEDIATE BLOOD RELATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES. (a) In General.--Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(C)(i) The Attorney General shall provide, on an expedited basis, for the parole of an alien under this paragraph if-- ``(I) an immediate blood relative of the alien has died and the funeral for the relative is to be in the United States, and ``(II) the alien provides the Attorney General with a certified copy of the death certificate of the relative. ``(ii) The period of parole under this subparagraph shall be for a period of not to exceed 30 days (except as may be provided in exceptional circumstances specified by the Attorney General). ``(iii) In clause (i), the term `immediate blood relative' means, with respect to an alien, the spouse, mother, father, son, daughter, brother, or sister of the alien.''. (b) Report on Operation of Amendment.--The Attorney General shall report to the Congress, not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, on the operation of section 212(d)(5)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as added by the amendment made by subsection (a)) and on any violations or abuses of the immigration laws resulting from the parole of aliens into the United States under such section. SEC. 2. DENYING PAROLE STATUS TO EXCLUDABLE ALIENS. (a) In General.--Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)), as amended by section 1, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: ``(D) The Attorney General may not parole into the United States any alien who would otherwise be excludable from admission into the United States under subsection (a).''. (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)) is amended by inserting ``or subparagraph (D)'' after ``subparagraph (B)''. <all>