NATION : INS Changes Policy on Families
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<i> From Times Wire Services</i>
WASHINGTON — Thousands of illegal aliens who are spouses or children of legalized immigrants will be allowed to stay in this country under a new policy unveiled today by Immigration Commissioner Gene McNary.
The new policy announced by McNary reverses a 3-year-old practice of admitting family members only for “compelling humanitarian reasons.”
McNary said the previous policy was not being administered evenhandedly by INS district offices and as a result families were being split.
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