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      "id": 100045,
      "date": "2000-10-05",
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      "title": "Mandatory Deportation of Criminal Aliens: Proposed Relief for Long-Term Residents",
      "summary": "Several bills introduced during the 106th Congress would ease restrictions that deny aliens with\ncriminal records a chance to have their ties to the U.S. considered before being deported. One of\nthese bills,  H.R. 5062 , passed the House September 19, 2000.\n  Since the 1980s, Congress has made discretionary relief from deportation increasingly\nunavailable to aliens who have engaged in serious criminal conduct. In 1996, however, Congress\nbroadened the automatic disqualification from relief to cover a much wider range of criminal activity\nthan had been covered before. Furthermore, the expanded disqualification now covers previously\nnon-disqualifying activities that occurred before the 1996 changes were enacted.\n  Generally, the proposals pending before Congress would ease current relief restrictions without\nrestoring pre-1996 standards in full. Some would apply their standards to long-term residents who\nwere denied relief because of the \"retroactivity\" of the 1996 changes. This report will be updated\nas legislative developments warrant.",
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