To establish a statutory framework for the Attorney General to afford temporary protected status to nationals of countries subject to extraordinary and temporary conditions, including armed conflicts, to provide for certain studies and for congressional review of such studies, to provide temporary transition protection for nationals of certain countries, and for other purposes.
Chinese and Central American Temporary Protected Status Act of 1989 - Title I: Temporary Protected Status - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a temporary protected status for certain nationals of: (1) the People's Republic of China; (2) El Salvador; (3) Nicaragua; and (4) other designated foreign states.
Title II: GAO Investigation and Report and Congressional Review - Requires the General Accounting Office to: (1) investigate the conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans and of Chinese outside China; and (2) report to the appropriate congressional committees, which shall hold hearings on such report.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.
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