SYLVIA ABRAMS ABRAMOWITZ JUNE 13, 1961.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Mr. CHELF, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 4221] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4221) for the relief of Sylvia Abrams Abramowitz, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill do pass. The amendments are as follows: On page 1, line 3, strike out the word "provision" and substitute the word "provisions". On page 1, line 3, after "212(a)(3)" add "and (4)". On page 1, at the end of the bill, change the period to a colon and add the following: Provided, That a suitable and proper bond or under- PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of this bill is to waive the provisions of section 212 (a) (3) and (4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf of Sylvia Abrams Abramowitz. The bill has been amended in accordance with recommendations of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and in accordance with established precedents to provided that a bond be posted as surety that the beneficiary will not become a public charge. GENERAL INFORMATION The beneficiary is a 34-year-old native and citizen of Canada who was admitted to the United States as a visitor in February of 1948 and resides in New York with her parents and two sisters, all citizens of the United States. She became a patient at a New York State hospital a month after entry and was treated for a mental disorder which was diagnosed as dementia praecox hebephrenic type. Following a bilateral prefontal lobotomy the beneficiary was released on a 1-year period of convalescent care and was discharged as much improved. Since that time she has required no further treatment. The beneficiary is employed as a typist earning $62.50 per week. The pertinent facts in this case are contained in a letter dated May 20, 1959, from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, regarding a bill then pending for the relief of the same person. That letter and accompanying memorandum read as follows: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Hon. EMANUEL CELLER, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: In response to your request for a report relative to the bill (H.R. 4564) for the relief of Sylvia Abrams Abramowitz, there is attached a memorandum of information concerning the beneficiary. This memorandum has been prepared from the Immigration and Naturalization Service files relating to the beneficiary by the New York, N.Y., office of this Service, which has custody of those files. The bill would waive the provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act which excludes from admission into the United States aliens who have had one or more attacks of insanity, and would authorize the alien's admission for permanent residence, if she is otherwise admissible under that act. However, it will be noted that the beneficiary, who is in the United States, has been found subject to deportation on the ground that she was excludable as a mental defective at the time of her last entry. Therefore, she also appears to be inadmissible under the provisions of section 212 (a) (4) of the above act. The bill does not specifically limit the exemption granted the beneficiary to grounds for exclusion of which the Department of State or the Department of Justice has knowledge prior to the date of its enactment. Sincerely, J. M. SWING, Commissioner. MEMORANDUM OF INFORMATION FROM IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE FILES RE SYLVIA ABRAMS. ABRAMOWITZ, BENEFICIARY OF H.R. 4564 The beneficiary, Sylvia Abrams Abramowitz, who uses the surname Abrams, was born in Montreal, Canada on July 9, 1926, and is a citizen of that country. She has had 10 years of schooling in her native country. She is unmarried and resides with her parents, who are U.S. citizens, in Brooklyn, N.Y. The beneficiary is employed as a typist earning $62.50 per week. Her assets consist of a bank account of $1,000 and personal property valued at $1,000. The beneficiary's only other close relatives are her two sisters who are residents and citizens of the United States. The beneficiary first entered the United States during May 1947, as a visitor for pleasure, for a period of two weeks and returned to Canada. Her last arrival in the United States occurred at Rouses Point, N.Y., on February 20, 1948, at which time she was admitted as a visitor for pleasure until April 20, 1948. She has not left the United States since that time. On March 25, 1948, the beneficiary was a patient at the Pilgrim State Hospital, West Brentwood, N.Y., for treatment of a nervous and mental disorder which was diagnosed as dementia praecox hebephrenic type. On November 5, 1949, following a bilateral prefontal lobotomy the beneficiary was released on a 1-year period of convalescent care, at the expiration of which she was discharged as much improved, and has since required no further treatment. It has also been ascertained that from May to September 1947 the beneficiary received neurological treatment at the Allen Memorial Hospital, Montreal, Canada. On May 3, 1951, the U.S. Public Health Service certified that the alien was afflicted with a class A condition; namely, mentally defective prior to and at the time of her last entry into the United States. It was further certified by Public Health physicians that she became a public charge due to an affliction with a class A condition, not affirmatively shown to have arisen subsequent to entry. Deportation proceedings were instituted against the beneficiary on April 7, 1949, on the ground that she had remained in the United States for a longer time than permitted. At the hearings on July 24, 1951, and on September 5, 1951, there were lodged the additional charges to wit: mentally defective at time of entry and public charge within 5 years after entry. The beneficiary was found deportable on all three charges. The beneficiary's appeal was denied by the Board of Immigration Appeals on September 3, 1952, and a warrant of deportation was issued in her case. A letter dated March 25, 1959, from the Pilgrim State Hospital indicates that the maintenance charges have been paid. Private bills H.R. 5865, 82d Congress, and H.R. 1644, 83d Congress failed of enactment. Mr. Zelenko appeared before a subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary and testified in support of his bill, as follows: Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I welcome this opportunity of appearing before you this morning in behalf of Miss Sylvia Abrams Abramowitz, whose parents and two sisters are citizens of the United States. Miss Abramowitz was born in Canada on July 9, 1926. She entered the United States from Canada as a visitor on February 20, 1948, and has remained here since that time. On March 25, 1948, she became a patient at Pilgrim State Hospital, West Brentwood, N.Y., for treatment of a nervous and mental disorder which was diagnosed as dementia praecox hebephrenic type. On November 5, 1949, her brother-in-law, Dr. Jacob Leinwand of New York City, arranged for her to undergo a bilateral prefontal lobotomy. Thereafter she was released on a 1-year period of convalescent care, at the expiration of which she was discharged and has since required no further treatment. Miss Abramowitz resides with her parents in New York and is employed as a typist. In view of the fact that the beneficiary is today in good physical and mental condition, and has been since her operation in 1949, and because of the further fact that her close relatives (her parents and her two sisters) are citizens of the United States, I feel this case is a most meritorious one and respectfully request favorable action upon this private legislation. Upon consideration of all the facts in this case, the committee is of the opinion that H.R. 4221, as amended, should be enacted and accordingly recommends that the bill do pass. ZBIGNIEW RYBA JUNE 13, 1961.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Mr. POFF, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 4553] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4553) for the relief of Zbigniew Ryba, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the admission into the United States of the adopted child of a citizen of the United States. GENERAL INFORMATION The beneficiary is a 9-year-old native and citizen of Poland residing in that country, with his widowed mother and two brothers. He was adopted in Poland on July 4, 1959, by his paternal aunt and her husband who has since died. The beneficiary's adoptive mother is a citizen of the United States and is employed as a saleswoman. She has no natural children. The pertinent facts in this case are contained in a letter dated August 26, 1960, from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, regarding a bill then pending for the relief of the same person. That letter and accompanying memorandum read as follows: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Hon. EMANUEL CELLER, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: In response to your request for a report relative to the bill (H.R. 12375) for the relief of Zbigniew Ryba, there |