Immigration: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session ...

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Page 24 - ... who may be issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, or who may, pursuant to section...
Page 43 - States citizens specified in subsection (b) of this section, the number of aliens who may be issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence...
Page 14 - General that (A) there are not sufficient workers in the United States who are able, willing, qualified, and available at the time of application for a visa and admission to the United States and at the place to which the alien Is destined to perform such skilled or unskilled labor, and (B) the employment of such aliens will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of the workers in the United States similarly employed.
Page 40 - Schedule under section 5332 of such title, and (2) procure temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed $50 a day for individuals.
Page 58 - ... third preference (members of the professions or persons of exceptional ability in the sciences and arts...
Page 85 - STATEMENT OF HON. EDWARD M. KENNEDY, A US SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS Senator KENNEDY. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I want to...
Page 51 - ... (d) The Secretary of Labor may admit to the United States any otherwise admissible immigrant not admissible under clause (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) of this section, if satisfied that such inadmissibility was not known to, and could not have been ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence by, such immigrant...
Page 14 - Aliens seeking to enter the United States, for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor, unless the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the Secretary of State and to the Attorney General that (A) there are not sufficient workers In the United States who are able, willing, qualified...
Page 44 - ... (1) Visas shall be first made available, in a number not to exceed 20 per centum of the number specified in section 201 (a) (ii). to qualified immigrants who are the unmarried sons or daughters of citizens of the United States. "(2) Visas shall next be made available, in a number not to exceed 20 per centum of the number specified in section 201...
Page 28 - States, but such parole of such alien shall not be regarded as an admission of the alien and when the purposes of such parole shall, in the opinion of the Attorney General, have been served the alien shall forthwith return or be returned to the custody from which he was paroled 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.