The U.S. Senate approved permanent resident status for the family of a slain Pakistani immigrant whose cause was taken on by Jewish groups. The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and others lobbied for the family of Waqar Hasan, who was killed in a post-Sept. 11 hate crime.
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