SUSPENSION OF DEPORTATION.

SEC. 40703. SUSPENSION OF DEPORTATION. (a) Battered Spouse or Child.— Section 244(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254(a)) is amended— (1) by striking “or” at the end of paragraph (1); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting “; or”; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: “(3) is deportable under any law of the United States except section 241(a)(1)(G) and the provisions specified in paragraph (2); has been physically present in the United States for a continuous period of not less than 3 years immediately preceding the date of such application; has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States by a spouse or parent who is a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident (or is the parent of a child of a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident and the child has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States by such citizen or permanent resident parent); and proves that during all of such time in the United States the alien was and is a person of good moral character; and is a person whose deportation would, in the opinion of the Attorney General, result in extreme hardship to the alien or the alien’s parent or child.”, (b) Consideration of Evidence.— Section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) In acting on applications under subsection (a)(3), the Attorney General shall consider any credible evidence relevant to the application. The determination of what evidence is credible and the weight to be given that evidence shall be within the sole discretion of the Attorney General.”.