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Article: ASIANS WELCOME INS SHIFT IN POLICY 5,000 GREEN CARDS BECOME AVAILABLE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- January 26, 2003
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Starting tomorrow, an estimated 20,000 immigrants from Cambodia,
Laos, and Vietnam who have been living in a limbo-like status in this
country will be eligible to apply for green cards.
Though only 5,000 green cards will be handed out nationwide, news
of the adjustment in status is being heralded as good news in Lowell,
where the Cambodian population has changed the face of the city in
the past two decades.
For those who do ultimately obtain the green cards, "it's a big
deal," said Lowell City Councilor Chanrithy Uong, who is a Cambodian
immigrant.
But some activists say the new regulations need to be expanded, so
more of these temporary residents can work toward citizenship.
"It's a very ...