7/09/2002

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee recently passed a bill to relieve certain undocumented alien children from deportation and to grant a green card.

The qualified undocumented alien children will be initially granted a conditional permanent resident status until the children complete a 4-year bachelor's degree program within 6 years or a 2-year post-high school program within 4 years from the date this law is signed into law.

Upon graduation, the children should apply for a removal of the condition within 90 days to become an unconditional permanent resident. The eligible undocumented alien children should satisfy all the following conditions:  

• Younger than 21 years of age at the time this bill becomes a law;

• Attending an institution of higher education (post-high school institutions);

• Physically continuously present in the U.S. for not less than 5 years at the time this bill becomes a law;

• Physically present in the U.S. at the time this bill becomes a law.

• Good moral character and no criminal record

Such conditional resident children will be stripped off of a green card status should the children fail to maintain good standing in the college. Thus good standing in school and successful graduation from the accredited attending college will be absolute preconditions for maintaining a conditional resident status and removal of the conditional status to become a unconditional lawful permanent resident. 

Additionally, throughout the college period of either 4 years or 6 years, such children should be physically continuously present in the U.S. and maintain a good moral character without committing a crime.

This bill also gives states an option to grant "resident tuition" benefit to such qualified undocumented alien children.

This bill is supported by both the Republican and Democratic party members of the Senate and has a good chance to pass the Congress.

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