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United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students convicted of a crime at any time after entry into the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to deport any nonimmigrant alien who knowingly participates in a political demonstration. Makes any such deported alien ineligible for future entry into the United States. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive such deportation or related provisions if in the interest of the United States. Limits student visas to a one-year period, with extensions of not more than one year for each such extension.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1979
United States Flag Protection Act of 1979 - Includes conviction of desecrating the United States flag as a grounds for deportation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1979
Expresses the sentiment of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General should move to deport any Iranian national in violation of his/her entry conditions, particularly if convicted of a criminal offense involving physical harm, property destruction, or acts of terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 28 November 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens an alien convicted of a crime of moral turpitude at any time after entry, regardless of whether imprisoned or not. States that such provision shall apply only to crimes committed after January 1, 1979. Reduces from six months to one month the period in which: (1) the Attorney General must effectuate a final order of deportation; (2) an alien so ordered must leave the United States or be in violation of law; and (3) a petition for judicial review of a deportation order must be filed.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1979
United States Flag Protection Act of 1979 - Includes conviction of desecrating the United States flag as a grounds for deportation.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students: (1) who knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting in, or intending to result in, injury or damage to another's person or property; or (2) whose government engages in or permits hostile actions against United States citizens or property, including the seizure of United States Embassy or Consulate buildings and the taking of hostages.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to deport any nonimmigrant alien who engages in violent activity during a political demonstration.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students who knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting in, or intending to result in, injury or damage to another's person or property. Permits the Attorney General to suspend deportation of such foreign students.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1979
Immigration and Nationality Efficiency Act of 1979 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with regard to non-immigrant student status to: (1) limit its applicability to academic institutions; (2) authorize non-immigrant student status for vocational, language, or other recognized non-academic study (on the same entry basis as academic students); and (3) authorize the Attorney General to withdraw school approval for any satisfactory reason (presently limited to withdrawal for failure to make required reports). Eliminates from the definition of "ineligible to citizenship" persons exempt by treaty from United States military service. Eliminates (with a new ceiling to be added at a later date) the 290,000 annual worldwide ceiling on immigration to the United States. Eliminates (with a new ceiling to be added at a later date) the 20,000 annual national ceiling on immigration from contiguous nations (Mexico and Canada). Provides that unused visas by a contiguous country in any fiscal year shall be made available to the other contiguous country in the following year. Places a five year time limit (presently indefinite) on the requirement that aliens deported or removed from the United States must get the consent of the Attorney General in order to reapply for admission. Authorizes the Attorney General to admit aliens as immigrants if otherwise admissible except for specified defects in their immigrant papers, provided such inadmissibility was not known to such aliens and could not have been ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence. Revises re-entry permit provisions to authorize the issuance of such permit for a two-year non-renewable period (presently one year with up to a one year discretionary extension). Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportation shall be to the country from which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; and (2) provide that if such departure was from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States of which such alien was not a national or resident, then deportation shall be to the country from which such alien departed for such contiguous territory; (3) set forth guidelines for the Attorney General if a country is unwilling to accept a deportable alien. Makes the non-applicability of fraudulent entry deportation provisions to alien spouses, children, or parents of United States citizens or permanent residents discretionary with the Attorney General rather than mandatory. Eliminates, with regard to suspension of deportation proceedings, the requirement that the Attorney General report to Congress on all such proceedings, and the congressional role in approving or disapproving such suspensions. Provides that upon cancellation of such a deportation proceeding, the Attorney General shall record the alien's admission for permanent residence as of the date of such cancellation. Limits the ineligibility of such deportation suspension and status adjustment proceedings regarding non-immigrant exchange aliens to those aliens subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement. Revises non-immigrant change of classification provisions to: (1) prohibit the reclassification of alien finances; and (2) permit the reclassification of exchange visitors not subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement. Authorizes the Immigration and Naturalization Service to keep funds spent out of its appropriations for the purchase of evidence and subsequently recovered rather than depositing them into the United States Treasury. Makes aliens who have been relieved of United States military service obligations eligible for citizenship if their military exemption was pursuant to a treaty or other international agreement. Provides that such eligibility provision shall have retroactive effect. Provides that the spouse and dependent unmarried children of an alien who qualifies for certain naturalization residence requirement exceptions shall also qualify for such exceptions for the period they resided abroad as members of such alien's household. Removes: (1) the requirement that two witnesses verify an individual's naturalization petition; and (2) certain affidavit and proof of residence requirements for such petition. Repeals the provisions requiring witnesses to be present at a final hearing for naturalization and requiring a 30 day waiting period between the filing of a petition and the issuance of a certificate of naturalization. Requires the clerk of a naturalization court to pay to the Attorney General one-half of all fees up to $40,000 (presently $6,000), and all fees in excess of such amount, in a fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to deport any student or other nonimmigrant alien who engages in violent or illegal activity while participating in a political demonstration. Makes any such deported alien ineligible for future entry into the United States. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive such deportation or related provisions if such waiver is in the interest of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General: (1) to annually review the status of foreign students in the United States; and (2) to determine whether any such foreign student convicted of a crime in the United States should be deported. Includes within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students convicted of any crime in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1979
Makes any Iranian citizen who is in the United States on a student visa ineligible to receive any form of Federal assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1979
Violent Demonstration Deportation Act of 1979 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens an alien who participates in any demonstration in which personal injury or significant property damage occurs.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1979
Expresses the sentiment of the House of Representatives that the President should take necessary and appropriate steps to expel any Iranian national who violates his/her entry conditions by unlawfully demonstrating, or committing hostile actions against the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Provides for the deportation of foreign nationals in the United States who engage in public demonstrations in support of anti-American terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students who knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting in, or intending to result in, injury or damage to another's person or property. Permits the Attorney General to suspend deportation of such foreign students.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students: (1) who knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting in, or intending to result in, injury or damage to another's person or property; or (2) whose government engages in or permits hostile actions against United States citizens or property, including the seizure of United States Embassy or Consulate buildings and the taking of hostages.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Expresses the sentiment of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General: (1) revoke immediately student visas held by Iranian citizens who participate in political demonstrations in the United States, and (2) require that all Iranian citizens in the United States submit to the Immigration and Naturalization Service a statement of their intention to respect the laws of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow United States citizen parents to petition for the naturalization of a mentally retarded child born outside the United States without regard to such child's age.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students who knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting in, or intending to result in, injury or damage to another's person or property. Permits the Attorney General to suspend deportation of such foreign students.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1979
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General should: (1) immediately revoke all student visas held by Iranians who have engaged in activities prejudicial to the public interest of the United States; (2) deny all future student visas to Iranians; and (3) deport immediately all Iranians who are in the United States illegally.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the exclusion or deportation of persons from the United States on the basis of information gotten from the 1980 decennial census. Stipulates that such prohibition shall not apply to such information if in a statistical or aggregate form which does not identify any individual.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide third preference immigration priority for aliens who are investing at least $200,000 in an enterprise in the United States of which they will be principal managers and which will employ United States citizens or permanent residents.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide third preference immigration priority for aliens who are investing a substantial amount in an enterprise in the United States of which they will be principal managers and which will employ United States citizens or permanent residents.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1979
Confers United States citizenship on Rosinella Verdi, posthumously.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1979
Includes a customs or immigration inspector under provisions of Federal law governing: (1) the minimum and maximum age of appointment; (2) payroll deductions and agency contributions to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (3) mandatory retirement; and (4) the eligibility requirements for immediate retirement of Federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. Specifies the amounts which an inspector may deposit into the Fund for periods of service for which no deposits or deductions were made.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1979
Gives valid passports issued to U.S. citizens the same effect as certificates of naturalization in all Federal, State, and territorial courts and offices.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1979
Immigration and Nationality Efficiency Act of 1979 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with regard to non-immigrant student status to: (1) limit its applicability to academic institutions; (2) authorize non-immigrant student status for vocational, language, or other recognized non-academic study (on the same entry basis as academic students); and (3) authorize the Attorney General to withdraw school approval for any satisfactory reason (presently limited to withdrawal for failure to make required reports). Eliminates from the definition of "ineligible to citizenship" persons exempt by treaty from United States military service. Eliminates (with a new ceiling to be added at a later date) the 290,000 annual worldwide ceiling on immigration to the United States. Eliminates (with a new ceiling to be added at a later date) the 20,000 annual national ceiling on immigration from contiguous nations (Mexico and Canada). Provides that unused visas by a contiguous country in any fiscal year shall be made available to the other contiguous country in the following year. Places a five year time limit (presently indefinite) on the requirement that aliens deported or removed from the United States must get the consent of the Attorney General in order to reapply for admission. Authorizes the Attorney General to admit aliens as immigrants if otherwise admissible except for specified defects in their immigration papers, provided such inadmissibility was not known to such aliens and could not have been ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence. Revises re-entry permit provisions to authorize the issuance of such permit for a two-year non-renewable period (presently one year with up to a one year discretionary extension). Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportation shall be to the country from which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; and (2) provide that if such departure was from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States of which such alien was not a national or resident, then deportation shall be to the country from which such alien departed for such contiguous territory; (3) set forth guidelines for the Attorney General if a country is unwilling to accept a deportable alien. Makes the non-applicability of fraudulent entry deportation provisions to alien spouses, children, or parents of United States citizens or permanent residents discretionary with the Attorney General rather than mandatory. Eliminates, with regard to suspension of deportation proceedings, the requirement that the Attorney General report to Congress on all such proceedings, and the congressional role in approving or disapproving such suspensions. Provides that upon cancellation of such a deportation proceeding, the Attorney General shall record the alien's admission for permanent residence as of the date of such cancellation. Limits the ineligibility of such deportation suspension and status adjustment proceedings regarding non-immigrant exchange aliens to those aliens subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement. Revises non-immigrant change of classification provisions to: (1) prohibit the reclassification of alien finances; and (2) permit the reclassification of exchange visitors not subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement. Authorizes the Immigration and Naturalization Service to keep funds spent out of its appropriations for the purchase of evidence and subsequently recovered rather than depositing them into the United States Treasury. Makes aliens who have been relieved of United States military service obligations eligible for citizenship if their military exemption was pursuant to a treaty or other international agreement. Provides that such eligibility provision shall have retroactive effect. Provides that the spouse and dependent unmarried children of an alien who qualifies for certain naturalization residence requirement exceptions shall also qualify for such exceptions for the period they resided abroad as members of such alien's household. Removes: (1) the requirement that two witnesses verify an individual's naturalization petition; and (2) certain affidavit and proof of residence requirements for such petition. Repeals the provisions requiring witnesses to be present at a final hearing for naturalization and requiring a 30 day waiting period between the filing of a petition and the issuance of a certificate of naturalization. Requires the clerk of a naturalization court to pay to the Attorney General one-half of all fees up to $40,000 (presently $6,000), and all fees in excess of such amount, collected in a fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1979
Illegal Alien Control Act of 1977 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a border patrol force of not less than 3,800 officers. Directs the Attorney General to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of: (1) establishing a system for issuing machine-readable identification cards to aliens entering the United States; and (2) utilizing the most current technology in electronic sensing devices in patrolling land borders. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of the term "immigrant" those persons entering the United States for a period of not more than one year to perform temporary services or labor if the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the Attorney General that there are not sufficient workers available at the aliens' destination who are willing and able to perform such services. Directs the Secretary to refer to employers who request such certification, workers in the number desired, able and qualified, and who agree to present themselves to commence employment on the date and for the period specified. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue social security cards for aliens who may be employed or receive public assistance in the United States. Specifies the information which an alien must provide when applying for a social security card. Requires the applicant to supply either proof of the individual's citizenship or alien status, or an affidavit that the individual was assigned a social security account number at least five years before the date of application for the card. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an individual specified in this Act unless such individual presents a social security card to the employer or agency and the employer or agency submits required information to the Secretary. Establishes a civil penalty for the violation of such prohibition. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an alien whose status under the Immigration and Nationality Act does not permit such alien to work or receive public assistance. Establishes penalties for presenting a false social security card or providing fraudulent information in order to obtain employment or public assistance. Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to prohibit the use of Federal financial aid to provide job training or employment opportunities to aliens who are not authorized to work or who are illegally in the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit income tax deductions for wages paid to aliens illegally working in the United States. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Labor, when adjudicating the petition of an alien for admission to perform skilled or unskilled labor, from considering the work experience gained by the alien in the United States during any time while in an immigration status in which employment was not authorized for the alien. Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits and Medicaid benefits to illegal aliens. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the refunding of fines paid by persons unlawfully bringing aliens into the United States if such aliens are admitted (or paroled) into the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1979
Directs the printing of 12,000 additional copies of the committee print entitled "7th Edition of the Immigration and Nationality Act with Amendments and Notes on Related Laws." Specifies that 9,000 of such copies shall be for the use of the House Committee on the Judiciary and 3,000 copies for the use of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1979
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to require that aged, blind, or disabled aliens, as defined in title XVI, must have resided in the United States during the three years immediately preceding such aliens' application for benefits under title XVI. Exempts from the three-year requirement those aliens: (1) who are political refugees or parolees into this country; (2) with respect to whom the support agreement under the Immigration and Nationality Act is excused; and (3) certain blind or disabled individuals. Stipulates that such three-year requirement shall apply only to aliens applying for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to stipulate that no immigrant shall be admitted into the United States unless: (1) at the time of application for admission, a support agreement exists which states that the immigration sponsor shall provide such financial support as is necessary to maintain the immigrants' income at a dollar amount equal to the dollar amount such immigrant would receive under title XVI of the Social Security Act, if such immigrant is aged, blind, or disabled as defined in title XVI, during the three-year period beginning on the date of admission of the immigrant; or (2) such immigrant presents evidence of other means to provide the required support; or (3) such immigrant is designated as a parolee or political refugee without available means of private support. Authorizes the Attorney General, the immigrant, or any State which is making payments to such immigrant under any program based on need, to enforce such agreements in a civil action. Declares a support agreement excused and unenforceable if: (1) the sponsor dies or is adjudicated as bankrupt; (2) the alien becomes blind or disabled from causes arising after admission to the U.S.; (3) the sponsor can affirmatively demonstrate that his or her financial resources have diminished beyond the sponsor's control and that the sponsor is financially incapable of supporting the alien; or (4) judgment cannot be obtained in court because of circumstances unforeseeable to the alien at the time of admission.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the definition of "special immigrant" an immigrant (and accompanying spouse and children) entering the United States to pursue a course of religious study at an institute of religious training, which is registered with the Attorney General, in order to carry out the vocation of minister of a religious denomination having a bona fide organization in the United States and needing the services of such immigrant.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
United States - Mexico Good Neighbor Employment Act of 1979 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to establish a program for the non-immigrant admission of Mexican nationals as temporary workers in the United States. Provides that: (1) the Attorney General shall establish annual and monthly quotas for temporary worker visas based on the chronological order of application; (2) such temporary services or labor shall not exceed 180 days per year; (3) such visas shall not limit the geographic area or employment within which an alien may work unless specific restrictions are requested by the Secretary of Labor in order to protect domestic workers; (4) an alien who violates the 180-day visa limitation or any imposed geographic restriction shall be ineligible for another temporary visa for five years; and (5) an alien who enters the United States illegally shall be ineligible for obtaining a temporary work visa for ten years. Excludes such temporary Mexican workers from the definition of "immigrant" for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Includes such workers within the category of aliens whose non-immigrant status may not be adjusted to that of an immigrant. Prohibits the Attorney General from consenting to the reapplication for admission of any such workers whose 180-day limitation has been exhausted. Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish and expand United States Consulates in Mexico in order to implement such temporary worker program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make the nature of such program known to Mexican nationals residing in the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish with Mexico an advisory commission to advise the Attorney General with regard to such temporary worker program.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Attorney General to establish and maintain procedures for the exchange of information with respect to aliens who are applicants for or recipients of SSI. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude aliens from the United States who are likely to receive SSI within six months after entering the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Illegal Alien Control Act of 1977 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a border patrol force of not less than 3,800 officers. Directs the Attorney General to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of: (1) establishing a system for issuing machine-readable identification cards to aliens entering the United States; and (2) utilizing the most current technology in electronic sensing devices in patrolling land borders. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of the term "immigrant" those persons entering the United States for a period of not more than one year to perform temporary services or labor if the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the Attorney General that there are not sufficient workers available at the aliens' destination who are willing and able to perform such services. Directs the Secretary to refer to employers who request such certification, workers in the number desired, able and qualified, and who agree to present themselves to commence employment on the date and for the period specified. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue social security cards for aliens who may be employed or receive public assistance in the United States. Specifies the information which an alien must provide when applying for a social security card. Requires the applicant to supply either proof of the individual's citizenship or alien status, or an affidavit that the individual was assigned a social security account number at least five years before the date of application for the card. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an individual specified in this Act unless such individual presents a social security card to the employer or agency and the employer or agency submits required information to the Secretary. Establishes a civil penalty for the violation of such prohibition. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an alien whose status under the Immigration and Nationality Act does not permit such alien to work or receive public assistance. Establishes penalties for presenting a false social security card or providing fraudulent information in order to obtain employment or public assistance. Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to prohibit the use of Federal financial aid to provide job training or employment opportunities to aliens who are not authorized to work or who are illegally in the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit income tax deductions for wages paid to aliens illegally working in the United States. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Labor, when adjudicating the petition of an alien for admission to perform skilled or unskilled labor, from considering the work experience gained by the alien in the United States during any time while in an immigration status in which employment was not authorized for the alien. Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits and Medicaid benefits to illegal aliens. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of "immigrant" an alien (and accompanying spouse and children) having a foreign residence (with no intention of abandoning such residence) coming to the United States temporarily to study full-time at a vocational, language, or other non-academic institution approved by the Attorney General. Redefines the definition of "child" to include: (1) a child legitimated before the age of 18; (2) an illegitimate child through whom, or on whose behalf, a status or benefit under such Act is sought by virtue of the relationship to its natural father; (3) a child adopted before the age of 16; and (4) an orphan under the age of 16. Excludes adultery from the determination of good moral character for the purposes of such Act. Provides that aliens seeking admission within five years of the date of their deportation or removal shall be ineligible for admission into the United States (presently no time limit on excludability). Exempts specified aliens with medical specialties practicing in the United States as of January 9, 1977, from alien exclusion provisions. Repeals certain reporting requirements under such provisions. Authorizes the Attorney General to admit for permanent residence certain aliens: (1) otherwise excludable for specified drug-related convictions; and (2) having immigrant visas but excludable for other specified reasons who could not have been aware through reasonable diligence of such excludability before coming to the United States. Revises re-entry permit provisions to authorize the issuance of such permit for a two-year non-renewable period (presently one year with up to a one year discretionary extension). Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportation shall be to the country from which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; and (2) provide that if such departure was from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States of which such alien was not a national or resident, then deportation shall be to the country from which such alien departed for such contiguous territory; (3) set forth guidelines for the Attorney General if a country is unwilling to accept a deportable alien; and (4) require such transportation lines to deposit a bond to cover any fine or disputed fine relating to deportation with a district director of customs (presently with a customs collector). Repeals the provision providing for the non-applicability of fraudulent entry deportation provisions to alien spouses, children, or parents of United States citizens or permanent residents. Includes individuals who participated in Nazi-related World War II persecutions within the category of excludable aliens which the Attorney General may not allow to deport voluntarily in lieu of a deportation proceeding. Repeals provisions allowing the Attorney General to suspend a deportation procedure upon the application of an alien and allow such an alien to have his status adjusted to that of a permanent resident. Revises the category of non-immigrant aliens who can not have their non-immigrant classification changed to another non-immigrant classification without first applying to the Attorney General for such change. Repeals alien change of address requirements concerning: (1) yearly current address notification; and (2) three-month notification of current address by temporary residents. Provides that the spouse and dependent unmarried children of an alien who qualifies for certain naturalization residence requirement exceptions shall also qualify for such exceptions for the period they resided abroad as members of such alien's household. Removes the requirement that adopted children born outside the United States be adopted while under the age of 16 in order for certain automatic citizenship provisions to apply. Removes: (1) the requirement that two witnesses verify an individual's naturalization petition; and (2) certain affidavit and proof of residence requirements for such petition. Repeals the provisions requiring witnesses to be present at a final hearing for naturalization and requiring a 30 day waiting period between the filing of a petition and the issuance of a certificate of naturalization. Requires the clerk of a naturalization court to pay to the Attorney General one-half of all fees up to $40,000 (presently $6,000), and all fees in excess of such amount, in a fiscal year. Repeals provisions concerning: (1) adjustment of status from non-immigrant to permanent resident; and (2) authority of the Central Intelligence Agency to have aliens admitted for permanent residence on the basis of national security without regard to their admissibility under immigration laws or regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the waiver of certain passport and visa requirements for nonimmigrants seeking temporary admission (90 days or less) to the United States for business or pleasure purposes, and who are nationals of foreign countries which: (1) have a refusal rate for such admissions of less than two and one-half percent; and (2) extend reciprocal privileges to American nationals.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1979
Provides that an alien born in a Communist or Communist-dominated country who filed an immigrant petition before July 1, 1979, as a preference category immigrant based on family ties with a United States citizen or permanent resident (regardless of whether such citizen or resident is presently alive) shall be admitted without regard to certain numerical limitations on immigration.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the definition of "special immigrant" aliens who have resided continuously in the United States for at least five years prior to applying for immigrant status and who are: (1) unmarried children (not older than 25) of officers or employees of specified international organizations; (2) surviving spouses of such deceased officers and employees; and (3) retired officers or employees of such organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1979
Calls upon the Soviet Union to waive application of a Soviet dual citizenship law with respect to citizens of the United States and Eastern Europe. Declares that the United States will not participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics, if adequate assurances are not received from the Soviets regarding such waiver.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1979
Expresses the sense of the House that the President should: (1) arrange for the immediate U.S. entry of approved Indochinese refugees; (2) direct emergency measures to rescue refugees on the high seas; and (3) establish a U.S. transit center for screening and processing refugees.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1979
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to require that aged, blind, or disabled aliens, as defined in title XVI, must have resided in the United States during the three years immediately preceding such aliens' application for benefits under title XVI. Exempts from the three-year requirement those aliens: (1) who are political refugees or parolees into this country; (2) with respect to whom the support agreement under the Immigration and Nationality Act is excused; and (3) certain blind or disabled individuals. Stipulates that such three-year requirement shall apply only to aliens applying for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to stipulate that no immigrant shall be admitted into the United States unless: (1) at the time of application for admission, a support agreement exists which states that the immigration sponsor shall provide such financial support as is necessary to maintain the immigrants' income at a dollar amount equal to the dollar amount such immigrant would receive under title XVI of the Social Security Act, if such immigrant is aged, blind, or disabled as defined in title XVI, during the three-year period beginning on the date of admission of the immigrant; or (2) such immigrant presents evidence of other means to provide the required support; or (3) such immigrant is designated as a parolee or political refugee without available means of private support. Authorizes the Attorney General, the immigrant, or any State which is making payments to such immigrant under any program based on need, to enforce such agreements in a civil action. Declares a support agreement excused and unenforceable if: (1) the sponsor dies or is adjudicated as bankrupt; (2) the alien becomes blind or disabled from causes arising after admission to the U.S.; (3) the sponsor can affirmatively demonstrate that his or her financial resources have diminished beyond the sponsor's control and that the sponsor is financially incapable of supporting the alien; or (4) judgment cannot be obtained in court because of circumstances unforeseeable to the alien at the time of admission.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1979
Foreign Terrorist Exclusion Act of 1979 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude aliens affiliated with terrorist organizations from: (1) visa eligibility and admission into the United States; (2) temporary parole admission; and (3) transit through the United States as foreign officials. Authorizes the Attorney General to deport such aliens, and prohibits the Attorney General from allowing such aliens to voluntarily depart rather than being deported. Removes specified diplomatic and semidiplomatic immunities from such aliens. Makes it a felony under such Act to knowingly aid such an alien to enter the United States. Defines terrorist organization for purposes of such Act. Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to: (1) define terrorist organization for purposes of such Act; (2) direct the Attorney General to investigate the activities of any person registered under such Act as an agent of a terrorist organization; and (3) make such an agent who knowingly receives funds from such an organization or who collects money in the United States for such an organization without filing a statement with the Attorney General, criminally liable.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979
United States - Mexico Good Neighbor Act of 1979 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to establish a program for the non-immigrant admission of Mexican nationals as temporary workers in the United States. Provides that: (1) the Attorney General shall establish annual and monthly quotas for temporary worker visas; (2) such temporary services or labor shall not exceed 180 days per year; (3) such visas shall not limit the geographic area within which an alien may work unless specific restrictions are requested by the Secretary of Labor in order to protect domestic workers; (4) an alien who violates the 180-day visa limitation or any imposed geographic restriction shall be ineligible for another temporary visa for five years; and (5) an alien who enters the United States illegally shall be ineligible for obtaining a temporary work visa for ten years. Excludes such temporary Mexican workers from the definition of "immigrant" for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Includes such workers within the category of aliens whose non-immigrant status may not be adjusted to that of an immigrant. Prohibits the Attorney General from consenting to the reapplication for admission of any such workers deported from the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish and expand United States Consulates in Mexico in order to implement such temporary worker program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make the nature of such program known to Mexican nationals residing in the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish with Mexico an Advisory Commission on the Mexico-United States Temporary Worker Visa program to advise the Attorney General with regard to such program.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979
Amends the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 to revise the criteria by which an alien who is a graduate of a medical school shall be considered to have passed parts I and II of the National Board of Medical Examiners Examination for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Attorney General, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, should provide for an increase in the rate of parole of Indochinese refugees into the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Attorney General, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, should provide for an increase in the rate of parole of Indochinese refugees into the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Attorney General, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, should provide for an increase in the rate of parole of Indochinese refugees into the United States.