HIAS Processes
Green Cards
New York (JTA) — In one of the
first partnerships created be-
tween a nongovernmental
agency and the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, the He-
brew Immigrant Aid Society has
helped process green,card appli-
cations for 10,000 refugees.
The Refugee Adjustment Pro-
ject, which began Nov. 13, is
the society's response to an
INS request to provide much-
needed space in the New York
area to ease the backlog of
refugees awaiting their green
cards, which provide perm-
anent residency in the United
States.
"When the INS asked for help,
we jumped," said Martin Wenick,
HIAS executive vice president.
"It would have taken the INS
three years to process the thou-
sands of refugees awaiting their
green cards."
INS budgetary constraints
were one of the causes for the
backlog, Mr. Wenick said.
More than 250 people, mostly
Jews from the former Soviet
Union and Iran, have been
processed daily at HIAS head-
quarters in New York, said Mr.
Wenick.
Some non-Jewish refugees
have been processed there as
well.
To handle the large number of
applicants, HIAS converted a
large room normally used for
board meetings and provided se-
curity and staff to assist the INS
in preparing documents, trans-
lating information and taking
photographs.
HIAS is one of 10 voluntary
agencies that have cooperative
agreements with the U.S. State
Department to resettle refugees.
Israel, India
Trade Agreement
Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel and
India have signed a trade agree-
ment aimed at significantly
boosting bilateral commerce be-
tween the two countries.
At a ceremony in New Delhi,
Israeli Finance Minister Avra-
ham Shochat initialed an agree-
ment granting India most-
favored nation trading status.
The same day in Jerusalem,
Israeli Trade and Industry Min-
ister Michael Harish signed co-
operation agreements with his
Indian counterpart.
Since diplomatic ties were es-
tablished in 1991, bilateral trade
has grown between the two coun-
tries.
Israeli exports to India last
year totaled some $300 million
dollars, while imports were about
$125 million.
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