The language and legislative history of the LSC appropriations acts and the H-2A statute make clear that Congress intended to provide meaningful legal representation to aliens in the designated categories, and there is no evidence that Congress considered the presence requirement to severely restrict this interpretation.
Congress never expected the language of the LSC appropriations acts to be interpreted in any way that prevents meaningful legal representation to aliens.
mnli hypothesis: Congress never expected the language of the LSC appropriations acts to be interpreted in any way that prevents meaningful legal representation to aliens. premise: The language and legislative history of the LSC appropriations acts and the H-2A statute make clear that Congress intended to provide meaningful legal representation to aliens in the designated categories, and there is no evidence that Congress considered the presence requirement to severely restrict this interpretation.