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NARA ANLIBRAND opproved JUN 1946 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT bureau OF THE budget WASHINGTON, 25, D.C. JUN 21 1946 My dear Mr. Latta: On June 19, 1946, you advised this office that H. R. 233, "For the relief of Hamsah Omar", had been received at the White House, and requested reports and recommendations as to the approval of the bill. It is the purpose of the bill to cancel the deportation pro- ceeding now pending against Hamsah Omar and to provide that his last entry at the port of El Paso, Texas, on March 10, 1940, be considered a legal entry. It appears that the claimant first entered the United States at the port of New York on January 2, 1924, as a deserting alien seaman; that he proceeded to Detroit, Michigan, where he has re- mained since that time; that he is employed as a private chauffeur at a wage of $32.50 per week and receives his meals and part-time lodging; that his wife, who is a citizen of the United States, is entirely dependent upon him and is physically unable to support herself; that under existing law the Attorney General could, except for one obstacle, suspend deportation of the alien upon the ground that such deportation would result in an economic detriment to his wife; but that the obstacle to such administrative relief in this case lies in the fact that it may not be granted under the law to an alien racially inadmissible or ineligible to naturalization - which is the disability under which this alien suffers. A facsimile of the enrolled enactment has been referred to the Attorney General, and his reply, interposing no objection to the approval of the bill, is attached. I am authorized by the Acting Director of the Bureau of the Budget to recommend that the bill be approved. Very truly yours, Mr. M. C. Latta, Legislative Reference. Assistant Fibrily Director, The White House. Enclosures: Letter from Attorney General. Copy each of House and Senate reports.