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A letter, with attached memorandum, dated October 6, 1971, to the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization with reference to the case, reads as follows:DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE,Washington, D.C., October 6, 1971.A-13721684.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. 2076) for the relief of Vladimir Rodriguez LaHera, there is attached a memorandum of information concerning the beneficiary.The bill is apparently intended to permit the beneficiary to become naturalized as a citizen of the United States notwithstanding his ineligibility to citizenship by reason of his membership or affiliation with an organization as proscribed in section 313 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. He has been a lawful permanent resident of the United States since April 29, 1964.Sincerely,RAYMOND F. FARRELL,Commissioner.MEMORANDUM OF INFORMATION FROM IMMIGRATION ANDNATURALIZATION SERVICE FILES RE H.R. 2076The beneficiary, Vladimir Rodriguez LaHera, a native and citizen of Cuba, was born on February 6, 1937. His parents and two brothers are natives, citizens and residents of Cuba. He married Marion Cuca-Calla, a native and citizen of Cuba, on August 13, 1959, in Havana, Cuba. This marriage was terminated by divorce in October 1959. There was no issue of this union. On December 17, 1963, the beneficiary married Luisa Rodriguez Timoneda, a native and citizen of Cuba, in Havana, Cuba. She was born on August 24, 1934, in Havana, Cuba, and is a lawful permanent resident of the United States. One child, Luisa, was born of this marriage on May 25, 1970, in Miami, Fla., and is a citizen of the United States. Mrs. Rodriguez marriage to Vicente del Rosario Hernandez-Garcia on September 3, 1919, in Havana, Cuba, was terminated by divorce October 11, 1963. Two children were born of this marriage in Havana, Cuba, Vincente Maximiliano, on August 21, 1950, and Francisca Luciana, on January 7, 1952. The boy died in Miami, Fla., in 1968 and the girl became a naturalized citizen of the United States on September 2, 1971. Mrs. Rodriguez and her two daughters reside with the beneficiary in Miami, Fla.The beneficiary obtained the equivalent of 8 years of elementary education and 2 years of vocational school in hisS. Rept. SSOnative country. Since December 1966, he has been employed as a supervisor of food hanillers for a local aircraft catering service at a weekly salary of $110. Prior to his present employment, he was a market research salesman for a local advertising company. His wife, is employed as a machine operator for a local dress manufacturer at a weekly salary of $85. Their combined assets consisting of two automobiles, real and personal property and possessions, total $23,500. The real property bears a mortgage of $17.500.The beneficiary arrived in the United States from Canada on April 29, 1964. at Thousand Islands Bridge, N.Y., and was paroled into the United States for an indefinite period under the parole provisions of the Inimigration and Nationality. Act. On November 7, 1966, his status was changed to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States and the date of his admission recorded as of April 29, 1964.On his alien registration form the beneficiary listed employment with the General Directorate of Intelligence of the Cuban Government from August 16, 1963, until April 21, 1964, just prior to his defection. He also showed military service in the Cuban Rebel Army from February 4, 1959, until December 20, 1961.The beneficiary desires to become a citizen of the United States because of his long period of residence and to enhance his opportunity for advancement in his vocation.Private bill H.R. 17740, 91st Congress, introduced in the beneficiary's behalf was not enacted.The committee, after consideration of all the facts in the case, is of the opinion that the bill (H.R. 2076) should be enacted.S. Rept. SSO