settlement agreement by Decem-
ber 31, 1991; or
‘‘(cc) the spouse or unmar-
ried son or daughter of an alien
described in (aa) who entered the
United States on or before Sep-
tember 19, 1990, or the spouse
or unmarried son or daughter of
an alien described in (bb) who
entered the United States on or
before October 1, 1990; or
‘‘(III) is a Nicaraguan, Guate-
malan, or Salvadoran who filed an ap-
plication for asylum with the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service be-
fore April 1, 1990, and the Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service had
not granted, denied, or referred that
application as of April 1, 1997; and
‘‘(ii) the alien is not described in
paragraph (4) of section 237(a) or para-
graph (3) of section 212(a) of the Act; and
‘‘(iii) the alien—
‘‘(I) is removable under any law
of the United States except the provi-
sions specified in subclause (II) of this
clause, has been physically present in
the United States for a continuous pe-
riod of not less than seven years im-
mediately preceding the date of such
application, and proves that during all
of such period he was and is a person
of good moral character, and is a per-
son whose removal would, in the opin-
ion of the Attorney General, result in
extreme hardship to the alien or to his
spouse, parent, or child, who is a citi-
zen of the United States or an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence; or
‘‘(II) is removable under para-
graph 
(2) 
(other 
than 
section
237(a)(2)(A)(iii)) of section 237(a),
paragraph (3) of section 237(a), or
paragraph (2) of section 212(a), has
been physically present in the United
States for a continuous period of not
less than 10 years immediately follow-
ing the commission of an act, or the
assumption of a status, constituting a
ground for deportation, and proves
that during all of such period he has
been and is a person of good moral
character, and is a person whose re-
moval would, in the opinion of the At-
torney General, result in exceptional
and extremely unusual hardship to the
alien or to his spouse, parent or child,
who is a citizen of the United States,
or an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence.
‘‘(B) Subsection (d) of this section shall
not apply to determinations under this para-
graph, and an alien shall not be considered to
have failed to maintain continuous physical
presence in the United States under clause
(A)(iii) of this paragraph if the alien dem-
onstrates that the absence from the United
States was brief, casual, and innocent, and did
not meaningfully interrupt the continuous phys-
ical presence.’’.
(d) The amendments made by this section shall be
effective as if included in the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (P.L. 104–208,
Division C, 110 Stat. 3009).
SEC. 3. Any alien who has become eligible for suspen-
sion of deportation or cancellation of removal as a result
of the amendments made by section 2, may, notwithstand-
ing any other limitations on motions to reopen imposed
by the Immigration and Nationality Act or by regulation,
file one motion to reopen to apply for suspension of depor-
tation or cancellation of removal. The Attorney General
shall designate a specific time period in which all such mo-
tions to reopen must be filed. The period must begin no
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this
Act and shall extend for a period of 180 days.
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