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the United States shall not exceed thirty-five thousand in any fiscal year."; and

(b) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by

striking out "shall not exceed 1 per centum" and insert in

lieu thereof "shall not exceed 3 per centum".

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(2) in paragraph (1), by striking out "20" and

insert in lieu thereof "10";

(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting a comma and "or parents" after "unmarried daughters" and insert after "permanent residence" the following: ": Provided, That in the case of parents, such alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence must be at least twenty-one years of age";

(4) in paragraph (3), by striking out "10" and insert in lieu thereof "15", and insert after "201 (a) (ii),” the following: "plus any visas not required for the classes specified in paragraphs (1) and (2),";

(5) in paragraph (5), by striking out "24" and

insert in lieu thereof "20", and by striking out "brothers

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or sisters" in that paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof "unmarried brothers or unmarried sisters";

(6) in paragraph (6), by striking out "10" and insert in lieu thereof "15", and insert “201 (a) (ii)," the

following: "plus any visas not required for the classes

specified in paragraphs (1) through (5),"; and

(7) by amending paragraph (7) to read as follows:

"(7) (A) Visas shall next be made available, pursuant

9 to such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe 10 and in a number not to exceed 10 per centum of the num11 ber specified in section 201 (a) (ii), to alien refugees de12 scribed in subparagraph (B), who are not firmly resettled 13 and apply for admission to. the United States while in any 14 non-Communist- or non-Communist-dominated country or

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"(B) The term 'alien refugee' means (i) any alien (I) 17 who has fled or shall flee from and is unwilling to return to 18 any Communist or Communist-dominated country or area, 19 owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons 20 of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular 21 social group, or political opinion, or (II) who has fled or 22 shall flee from and is unwilling to return to any country owing 23 to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, 24 religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group,

or political opinion, or (III) who has been uprooted by

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return to his usual place of abode, and (ii) the spouse and 3 children of any such alien, if accompanying or following to 4 join him.".

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status under paragraph (5) of section 203 (a) of the Immi8 gration and Nationality Act on the basis of a petition filed 9 with the Attorney General prior to the effective date of this 10 amendment. The amendment made by paragraph (7) shall 11 not apply with respect to any alien who conditionally entered 12 the United States as a refugee under paragraph (7) of sec13 tion 203 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in 14 effect before the effective date of this amendment.

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(c) Subsections (g) and (h) of such section are re16 pealed.

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SEC. 7. Section 204 (b) of the Immigration and Na18 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154 (b)) is amended by inserting 19 "and appropriate agencies of the Government" immediately 20 following "the Secretary of Labor."

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SEC. 8. (a) Paragraph (14) of subsection (a) of sec22 tion 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.

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(1) by striking out "sufficient workers in the United

States who are able, willing, qualified, and available at

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United States and at the place" and inserting in lieu thereof "sufficient workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available at the place."; and

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(2) by striking out "to special immigrants defined in section 101 (a) (27) (A) (other than the parents, spouses, or children of United States citizens or aliens

lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence),".

(b) Paragraph (24) of subsection (a) of such section 11 is amended by striking out "(A) and”.

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parole into the United States temporarily under such condi16 tions as he may prescribe for emergent reasons or for reasons 17 deemed strictly in the public interest any alien applying for 18 admission to the United States, but such parole of such alien 19 shall not be regarded as an admission of the alien and when 20 the purposes of such parole shall, in the opinion of the At

torney General, have been served the alien shall forthwith

return or be returned to the custody from which he was pa

roled and thereafter his case shall continue to be dealt with in

the same manner as that of any other applicant for admission

to the United States.

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tions as he may prescribe, who has been in the United States

for at least two years and who has not acquired permanent 8 residence, shall forthwith return or be returned to the custody 9 of the Service and shall thereupon be inspected and exam10 ined for admission into the United States, and his case dealt 11 with in accordance with the provisions of sections 235, 236, 12 and 237.

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an immigrant under this Act at the time of his inspection and 17 examination, except for the fact that he was not and is not 18 in possession of the documents required by section 212 (a) 19 (20), shall be regarded as lawfully admitted to the United 20 States for permanent residence as of the date of his arrival."

(d) Subsection (e) of such section is amended to read

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"(e) No person admitted under section 101 (a) (15)

24 (J) or acquiring such status after admission (1) whose par25 ticipation in the program for which he came to the United

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