Immigration

Alan C. Nelson, of California, to be Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, vice Leonel J. Castillo, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 16 December 1981

International Organizations Staffs Children, Survivors, and Retirees Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981

International Organizations Staffs' Children, Survivors, and Retirees Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit retirees of certain international organizations and their families who have lived in the United States for specified periods of time to remain here upon termination of such employment.

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to procedures for the annual admission of refugees.

United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for State and local consultation respecting refugee admissions.

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who seek to enter the United States to do research at colleges and universities.

United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include certain aliens seeking to enter the United States to do university-level research within the definition of "aliens who are members of the teaching profession or who have exceptional ability in the sciences or the arts."

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General of the United States should grant extended voluntary departure status to members of the Silva class of aliens living in the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General should grant voluntary departure status to "Silva class" aliens (those aliens born in the Western Hemisphere and granted priority immigration visas between July 1, 1968, and December 31, 1976).

A bill to require all nationals of Communist countries to register with the Attorney General before engaging in certain activities involving Members of Congress and congressional employees, in order to protect the internal security of the United States and impede espionage.

United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981

Requires nationals of Communist countries to register with the Attorney General before engaging in certain activities involving Members of Congress and congressional employees. Requires the Attorney General to: (1) make these registration statements open to the public; and (2) deport persons violating this Act. States that such deportations shall not be subject to judicial review or other related provisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should seek a halt in any deportation proceedings involving Polish citizens until he determines that the political situation in Poland is stable.

United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1981

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should halt any deportation proceedings of Polish citizens until he determines that the political situation in Poland is stable and such Poles will encounter no undue risk by returning.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the policies of the Government of the Soviet Union of anti-Semitism and discrimination against Jewish immigration.

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1981

Expresses the sense of the Congress that policies of Jewish emigration discrimination and anti-Semitism are morally reprehensible. Urges the President to tell the Soviet Union that the United States opposes these policies and wants emigration restrictions on Soviet Jews removed.

A bill relating to the number of immigrant visas for Taiwan.

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1981

Provides Taiwan with an annual immigration limit of 20,000.

A bill to require all nationals of Communist countries to register with the Attorney General before engaging in certain activities involving Members of Congress and congressional employees.

United States · United States Congress · 23 November 1981

Requires nationals of Communist countries to register with the Attorney General before engaging in certain activities involving Members of Congress and congressional employees. Requires the Attorney General to deport persons violating this Act. States that such deportations shall not be subject to judicial review or other related provisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning proposed Presidential emergency powers with respect to immigration.

United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1981

Expresses the sense of Congress that any presidential request for peacetime emergency powers to promote a national immigration policy is a most dangerous and unwise precedent.

Alien Parental Amnesty Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1981

Alien Parental Amnesty Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to adjust the status to permanent resident of certain parents of children born in the United States.

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to preventing an adverse impact of refugee and immigration policies on distressed areas, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to reimburse State and local governments for increased public expenses caused by refugee resettlement. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983-1985. Amends the Refugee Act of 1980 to require the Director and the Coordinator for Refugee Affairs to inform State and local governments likely to be affected by annual refugee admissions. Requires the Director to seek to settle refugees in areas that are not distressed (as defined in this Act based on income, housing, and unemployment). Prohibits initial resettlement funds to be used to place refugees in these areas. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require temporary alien temporary alien workers to have bona fide job offers in order to be admitted into the United States. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish an admissions point system for aliens seeking to immigrate under either of the two work-related preference categories.

Omnibus Immigration Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1981

Omnibus Immigration Control Act - Title I: Temporary Resident Status for Illegal Aliens - Authorizes the Attorney General to grant temporary resident status to illegal aliens (with certain disqualifiers) who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1980, and have continuously resided here since that time. Requires such persons to register with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) within 12 months after registration begins, and every three years thereafter. Prohibits family members of such aliens from being given family admissions preference. Makes such aliens ineligible for benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Supplemental Security Income, the National Housing Act, Medicaid, and food stamp programs. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust such aliens' status to permanent resident after ten years' continuous residence if they have a basic knowledge of English and are otherwise admissible. Excludes these status adjustments from numerical immigration limitations under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Title II: Unlawful Employment of Aliens Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make employers of four or more persons liable to $500 fines ($1000 for subsequent violations) for knowingly employing illegal aliens. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action against an employer engaging in a pattern or practice of such employment. Establishes a presumption of "knowing" employment where an employer does not check a prospective employee's work status documentation. Directs the Attorney General to develop a standard work status form. Requires employers to keep such forms available for INS inspection. Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act to permit the Secretary of Labor to refuse a registration certificate to a contractor who has employed illegal aliens. Provides criminal penalties for the fraudulent duplication or use of immigration or work status documents. Title III: Cuban/Haitian Temporary Resident Status Act of 1981 - Grants "Cuban/Haitian temporary resident" status to specified catagories of Cuban and Haitian nationals in the United States. Requires them to register every three years. Permits the Attorney General to issue them work authorizations. Authorizes the Attorney General to deny or terminate such status if he finds that the alien: (1) had a drug conviction; (2) participated in the persecution of others; (3) has committed a serious nonpolitical crime outside the United States; or (4) is presently detained in the United States. Makes Cuban/Haitian temporary residents ineligible for specified refugee benefits, housing assistance, food stamps, supplemental security assistance, aid to families with dependent children, assistance for the aged, disabled, or blind, and other medical assistance. Requires detention of aliens denied Cuban/Haitian temporary resident status until a final determination of admissibility is made. Limits judicial review of the Attorney General's authority to detain, transfer, or release such aliens to a habeas corpus proceeding if a detainee falls within the category of detainable aliens. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) adjust the status of a Cuban/Haitian temporary resident to that of permanent resident after five years of maintaining such status; and (2) waive other specified grounds for exclusion for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when otherwise in the public interest. Terminates (and prohibits new applications for) asylum proceedings for an alien granted Cuban/Haitian temporary resident status. Repeals Federal law allowing Cuban refugees to adjust their status after one year. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Fair and Expeditious Appeal Asylum and Exclusion Act of 1981 - Shortens the deportation appeal period from six months to 30 days. Provides for a 30-day appeal period for judicial review of any administrative action or regulation under such Act. Makes the asylum eligibility provisions consistent with parallel refugee provisions. Modifies asylum procedures to: (1) establish an "asylum officer" to conduct hearings in a nonadversarial setting; (2) permit aliens to have an attorney present in an advisory capacity; (3) make such determination final (permits the Attorney General or the Commissioner of INS to reverse); (4) put the burden of proof on the alien; (5) require asylum applications to be made within 14 days; (6) prohibit proceedings to be reopened unless there is a clear showing of changed circumstances in the applicant's country; and (7) permit the Attorney General to terminate an alien's asylum status if he or she is no longer a refugee as a result of changed circumstances in the home country. States that judicial review of an asylum claim is not subject to review under the Administrative Procedure Act and shall be based solely on whether the denial was arbitrary and capricious or otherwise not in accordance with the law. Provides that any alien who presents himself for inspection by an immigration officer may be excluded from entering the United States by that officer if the alien does not have documentary proof of admissibility. Makes such determination final and not subject to further agency or judicial review. 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; (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; (4) require transportation lines to deposit a bond to cover any fine or disputed fine relating to deportation with a district director of customs (currently with a customs collector); and (5) increase such fine from $300 to $500. Repeals existing withholding of deportation provisions. Title V: Immigrant Visas for Canada and Mexico - Increases the annual number of immigrant visas from Mexico and Canada to 40,000 each. Increases the limitation for either country by the amount of unused visas from the other country in the previous year. Decreases the annual overall immigration limitation from 270,000 to 230,000. Title VI: Temporary Mexican Workers Act - Establishes a two-year temporary Mexican worker program. Limits such program to 50,000 annual entrants. Prohibits these workers from being employed in jobs with an adequate supply of domestic workers. Requires participating States to: (1) determine which of their industries or occupations has an adequate worker supply; and (2) estimate how many Mexican workers could be otherwise employed without adversely affecting labor conditions. Directs the Secretary of Labor to allocate such workers among the requesting States and to so inform the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of INS. Requires a U.S. employer to apply to the State in which such workers will be employed. Sets forth application approval provisions. States with regard to such workers that they: (1) shall be granted one-year multiple entry "M" visas; (2) may change employment in the United States; and (3) shall be ineligible for future program participation if they violate the terms of admission. Makes such workers ineligible for food stamps, unemployment compensation, housing benefits, and specified Social Security assistance. Prohibits such workers from adjusting their status to permanent resident or from changing nonimmigrant classifications. Requires participating States to report annually to the Secretary. Title VII: Immigration Emergency Act - Authorizes the President to declare an immigration emergency if in his judgment: (1) a substantial number of undocumented aliens from a designated country (countries) or geographic area (areas) are ready to leave for the United States, or have already done so; and (2) the normal resources of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the procedures under such Act would be inadequate to handle the influx of these aliens. Requires the President to explain such action to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate within 48 hours. Terminates such emergency period after 120 days unless ended sooner or extended by the President. Authorizes the President during an immigration emergency to: (1) prevent or intercept U.S. vessels, vehicles, or aircraft from travelling to designated countries or areas; (2) prevent inadmissible aliens from arriving by requiring their return or their vessel, vehicle, or aircraft's return to a suitable country or area; (3) exempt executive instrumentalities from additional specified environmental requirements for up to one year; (4) close harbors, ports, roads, and airports; (4) designate one or more Federal agencies including the military to carry out these emergency powers (once they are invoked by the President); and (5) enforce the admissibility and asylum determination provisions of this Act beyond the territorial limits of the United States, including on the high seas. Authorizes the Attorney General to establish admissions and asylum procedures for such aliens. Eliminates judicial review of such determinations. Permits the Attorney General to: (1) deport an alien to a country other than the one he came from when necessary; and (2) permit an alien to post a surety bond to ensure admissions compliance. Requires an alien to be detained pending a final determination of admissibility unless he or she is clearly admissible. Permits the Attorney General to transfer such detained aliens at any time. Limits judicial review of the Attorney General's detention and transfer authority to habeas corpus questions of whether a particular person is within the category of aliens subject to detention. Sets forth enforcement, departure, and judicial review provisions for ports, airports, and roads closed under authority of this Act. Grants search and seizure and disaster authority to agencies enforcing this Act. Prohibits U.S. conveyances to travel to, or within specified distances of, designated countries or areas during an immigration emergency without prior executive approval. Provides penalties for violations, including fines, forfeiture, and imprisonment. Provides that violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act committed during an immigration emergency may be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Coast Guard, or any component of the Department of the Treasury. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the fine for unlawfully bringing aliens into the United States. Permits the seizure of a vessel or aircraft so involved. Authorizes up to $35,000,000 for purposes of this title. Title VIII: Unauthorized Entry and Transportation Act - Makes it a misdemeanor (punishable by a mandatory $2500 fine and imprisonment of up to one year) to bring an unauthorized alien into the United States, regardless of any future action with respect to such alien. Makes it a felony (punishable by a fine up to $10,000 and imprisonment of up to five years) to bring in such an alien for financial gain or by fraud, or to fail to bring such alien to an immigration official. Prohibits bringing an alien into the United States at a place other than a designated port of entry or other place. Revises existing conveyance seizure and forfeiture provisions to: (1) permit seizure and forfeiture of any conveyance intended to be used in violation of admissions laws; (2) eliminate the requirement that INS show that a conveyance's owner or person in charge knew of its illegal use; and (3) eliminate INS' liability for administrative and related expenses, including third-party liens, in cases of innocent owners of seized conveyances. Authorizes the Attorney General to keep a forfeited conveyance for official use, or sell or otherwise dispose of it. Provides with regard to the burden of proof in a forfeiture action that once INS shows probable cause (for the search and seizure) the claimant must show that the conveyance was not used illegally or that the exceptions apply. States that specified administrative, judicial, and INS records, and testimony of immigration officers shall be prima facie evidence of probable cause. Expands existing arrest authority to include Federal and State law enforcement personnel. Title IX: Labor Certification Act - Amends the existing labor certification provision to: (1) permit the Secretary to use labor market information without reference to the specific job opportunity for which certification is requested; (2) permit the Secretary to waive the job offer requirement for an alien of exceptional ability; and (3) limit judicial review of the Secretary's labor certification decisions. Title X: Emergency Interdiction Act - Authorizes the President to enter into arrangements with other nations in order to prevent illegal immigration into the United States. Authorizes the President to direct the Coast Guard or other Federal agency including the military to stop ships of foreign nations having such arrangements with the United States and examine them for aliens illegally headed for the United States. States that such ships may be returned to the country from which they came or to some other location. Prohibits refugees from being returned to the country from which they are fleeing. Authorizes the Attorney General to establish admissibility standards for those aliens who have not landed in the United States.

Omnibus Immigration Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1981

Omnibus Immigration Control Act - Title I: Temporary Resident Status for Illegal Aliens - Authorizes the Attorney General to grant temporary resident status to illegal aliens (with certain disqualifiers) who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1980, and have continuously resided here since that time. Requires such persons to register with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) within 12 months after registration begins, and every three years thereafter. Prohibits family members of such aliens from being given "family" admissions preference. Makes such aliens ineligible for benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Supplemental Security Income, the National Housing Act, Medicaid, and food stamp programs. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust such aliens' status to permanent resident after ten years' continuous residence if they have a basic knowledge of English and are otherwise admissible. Excludes these status adjustments from numerical immigration limitations under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Title II: The Unlawful Employment of Aliens Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make employers of four or more persons liable to $500 fines ($1000 for subsequent violations) for knowingly employing illegal aliens. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action against an employer engaging in a pattern or practice of such employment. Establishes a presumption of "knowing" employment where an employer does not check a prospective employee's work status documentation. Directs the Attorney General to develop a standard work status form. Requires employers to keep such forms available for INS inspection. Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act to permit the Secretary of Labor to refuse a registration certificate to a contractor who has employed illegal aliens. Provides criminal penalties for the fraudulent duplication or use of immigration or work status documents. Title III: Cuban/Haitian Temporary Resident Status Act of 1981 - Grants "Cuban/Haitian temporary resident" status to specified categories of Cuban and Haitian nationals in the United States. Requires them to register every three years. Permits the Attorney General to issue them work authorizations. Authorizes the Attorney General to deny or terminate such status if he finds that the alien: (1) has a drug conviction; (2) participated in the persecution of others; (3) has committed a serious nonpolitical crime outside the United States; or (4) is presently detained in the United States. Makes Cuban/Haitian temporary residents ineligible for specified refugee benefits, housing assistance, food stamps, supplemental security assistance, aid to families with dependent children, assistance for the aged, disabled, or blind, and other medical assistance. Requires detention of aliens denied Cuban/Haitian temporary resident status until a final determination of admissibility is made. Limits judicial review of the Attorney General's authority to detain, transfer, or release such aliens to a habeas corpus proceeding of whether a detainee falls within the category of detainable aliens. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) adjust the status of a Cuban/Haitian temporary resident to that of permanent resident after five years of maintaining such status; and (2) waive other specified grounds for exclusion for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when otherwise in the public interest. Terminates (and prohibits new applications) asylum proceedings for an alien granted Cuban/Haitian temporary resident status. Repeals Federal law allowing Cuban refugees to adjust their status after one year. Authorizes necessary appropriations. Title IV: Fair and Expeditious Appeal Asylum and Exclusion Act of 1981 - Shortens the deportation appeal period from six months to 30 days. Provides for a 30-day appeal period for judicial review of any administrative action or regulation under such Act. Makes the asylum eligibility provisions consistent with parallel refugee provisions. Modifies asylum procedures to: (1) establish an "asylum officer" to conduct hearings in a nonadversarial setting; (2) permit aliens to have an attorney present in an advisory capacity; (3) make such determination final (permits the Attorney General or the Commissioner of INS to reverse); (4) put the burden of proof on the alien; (5) require asylum applications to be made within 14 days; (6) prohibit proceedings from being reopened unless there is a clear showing of changed circumstances in the applicant's country; and (7) permit the Attorney General to terminate an alien's asylum status if he or she is no longer a refugee as a result of changed circumstances in the home country. States that judicial review of an asylum claim is not subject to review under the Administrative Procedure Act and shall be based solely on whether the denial was arbitrary and capricious or otherwise not in accordance with the law. Provides that any alien who presents himself for inspection by an immigration officer may be excluded from entering the United States by that officer if the alien does not have documentary proof of admissibility. Makes such determination final and not subject to further agency or judicial review. 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; (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; (4) require 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); and (5) increase such fine from $300 to $500. Repeals existing withholding of deportation provisions. Title V: Immigrant Visas for Canada and Mexico - Increases the annual number of immigrant visas from Mexico and Canada to 40,000 each. Increases the limitation for either country by the amount of unused visas from the other country in the previous year. Decreases the annual over all immigration limitation from 270,000 to 230,000. Title VI: Temporary Mexican Workers Act - Establishes a two-year temporary Mexican worker program. Limits such program to 50,000 annual entrants. Prohibits these workers from being employed in jobs with an adequate supply of domestic workers. Requires participating States to: (1) determine which of their industries or occupations has an adequate worker supply; and (2) estimate how many Mexican workers could be otherwise employed without adversely affecting labor conditions. Directs the Secretary of Labor to allocate such workers among the requesting States and to so inform the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of INS. Requires a U.S. employer to apply to the State in which such workers will be employed. Sets forth applications approval provisions. States with regard to such workers that they: (1) shall be granted one-year multiple entry "M" visas; (2) may change employment in the United States; and (3) shall be ineligible for future program participation if they violate the terms of admission. Makes such workers ineligible for food stamps, unemployment compensation, housing benefits, and specified Social Security assistance. Prohibits such workers from adjusting their status to permanent resident or from changing nonimmigrant classifications. Requires participating States to report annually to the Secretary. Title VII: Immigration Emergency Act - Authorizes the President to disclose an immigration emergency if in his judgment: (1) a substantial number of undocumented aliens from a designated country (countries) or geographic area (areas) are ready to leave for the United States, or have already done so; and (2) the normal resources of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the procedures under such Act would be inadequate to handle the influx of these aliens. Requires the President to explain such action to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate within 48 hours. Terminates such emergency period after 120 days unless ended sooner or extended by the President. Authorizes the President during an Immigration emergency to: (1) intercept or prevent U.S. vessels, vehicles or aircraft from travelling to designated countries or areas; (2) prevent inadmissible aliens from arriving by requiring their return or their vessel's, vehicle's, or aircrafts' return to a suitable country or area; (3) exempt executive instrumentalities from additional specified environmental requirements for up to one year; (4) close harbors, ports, roads and airports; (4) designate one or more Federal agencies including the military to carry out these emergency powers (once they are invoked by the President); and (5) enforce the admissibility and asylum determination provisions of this Act beyond the territorial limits of the United States, including on the high seas. Authorizes the Attorney General to establish admissions and asylum procedures for such aliens. Eliminates judicial review of such determinations. Permits the Attorney General to: (1) deport an alien to a country other than the one he came from when necessary; and (2) permit an alien to post a surety bond to ensure admissions compliance. Requires an alien to be detained pending a final determination of admissibility unless he or she is clearly admissible. Permits the Attorney General to transfer such detained aliens at any time. Limits judicial review of the Attorney General's detention and transfer authority to habeas corpus questions of whether a particular person is within the category of aliens subject to detention. Sets forth enforcement, departure, and judicial review provisions for ports, airports, and roads closed under authority of this Act. Grants search and seizure and disaster authority to agencies enforcing this Act. Prohibits U.S. conveyances to travel to, or within specified distances of, designated countries or areas during an immigration emergency without prior executive approval. Provides penalties for violations, including fines, forfeiture, and imprisonment. Provides that violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act committed during an immigration emergency may be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Coast Guard, or any component of the Department of the Treasury. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the fine for unlawfully bringing aliens into the United States. Permits the seizure of a vessel or aircraft so involved. Authorizes up to $35,000,000 for purposes of this title. Title VIII: Unauthorized Entry and Transportation Act - Makes it a misdemeanor (punishable by a mandatory $2500 fine and imprisonment of up to one year) to bring an unauthorized alien into the United States, regardless of any future action with respect to such alien. Makes it a felony (punishable by a fine up to $10,000 and imprisonment of up to five years) to bring in such an alien for financial gain or by fraud, or to fail to bring such alien to an immigration official. Prohibits bringing an alien into the United States at a place other than a designated port of entry or other place. Revises existing conveyance seizure and forfeiture provisions to: (1) permit seizure and forfeiture of any conveyance intended to be used in violation of admissions laws; (2) eliminate the requirement that INS show that a conveyance's owner or person in charge knew of its illegal use; (3) eliminate INS' liability for administrative and related expenses, including third-party liens, in cases of innocent owners of seized conveyances. Authorizes the Attorney General to keep a forfeited conveyance for official use, or sell or otherwise dispose of it. Provides with regard to the burden of proof in a forfeiture action that once INS shows probable cause (for the search and seizure) the claimant must show that the conveyance was not used illegally or that the exceptions apply. States that specified administrative, judicial, and INS records, and testimony of immigration officers shall be prima facie evidence of probable cause. Expands exisiting arrest authority to include Federal and State law enforcement personnel. Title IX: Labor Certification Act - Amends the existing labor certification provision to: (1) permit the Secretary to use labor market information without reference to the specific job opportunity for which certification is requested; (2) permit the Secretary to waive the job offer requirement for an alien of exceptional ability; and (3) limit judicial review of the Secretary's labor certification decisions. Title X: Emergency Interdiction Act - Authorizes the President to enter into arrangements with other nations in order to prevent illegal immigration into the United States. Authorizes the President to direct the Coast Guard or other Federal agency including the military to stop ships of foreign nations having such arrangements with the United States and examine them for aliens illegally headed for the United States. States that such ships may be returned to the country from which they came or to some other location. Prohibits refugees from being returned to the country from which they are fleeing. Authorizes the Attorney General to establish admissibility standards for those aliens who have not landed in the United States.

Agricultural Foreign Guest Worker Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981

Agricultural Foreign Guest Worker Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to redefine a "nonimmigrant temporary worker" as a person coming to the United States for not more than one year to work in a place where unemployed domestic workers cannot be found. Requires an employer to file a temporary foreign agricultural labor certification, including a job offer for domestic workers, with the Secretary of Agriculture. Requires the Secretary to make such certification or to refer suitable domestic workers within 30 days. Permits extension of admission and term certification. Requires an employer to comply with standards of housing, wages, workers' compensation, and recordkeeping. Authorizes the Secretary to fix and collect certification fees. Authorizes appropriations.

A joint resolution posthumously proclaiming Anwar Sadat to be an honorary citizen of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981

Proclaims Anwar Sadat to be an honorary U.S. citizen, posthumously.

An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide preferential treatment in the admission of certain children of United States citizens.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to give first or fourth visa preference (sons and daughters of U.S. citizens) to an alien who was fathered by a U.S. serviceman after 1950 in Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Japan, Thailand, or the Philippines. Requires a five-year financial support guarantee signed by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident sponsor. Allows the Attorney General to enforce such guarantee against the sponsor in a civil suit unless such sponsor dies or is adjudicated bankrupt.

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that the Office of Refugee Resettlement be within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to place the Office of Refugee Resettlement, currently in the Department of Health and Human Services, within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

A bill to provide for the exclusion from the United States of aliens affiliated with terrorist organizations, to require investigations of registered agents of such organizations, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1981

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 criminally liable.

Norman Braman, of Florida, to be Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization vice leonel j. Castillo, resigned..

United States · United States Senate · 29 September 1981

Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1981

Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit "F" student visas to academic and language training and create an "M" visa for nonacademic and vocational study. Excludes adultery and possession of 30 grams or less of marihuana from the determination of good moral character under such Act. Redefines "child" to include an orphan under the age of 16 and a child adopted before the age of 16. Provides that aliens seeking admission within five years of the date of their deportation shall be ineligible for admission into the United States (currently no time limit on excludability). Eliminates certain reporting requirements imposed on the Attorney General regarding his discretionary waiver of excludability. Includes minor drug offenses among the categories of excludability that may be waived in the case of alien children, spouses, or parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents making admission as immigrants. Eliminates a medical specialty certificate from the American Board of Medical Specialties as an admission requirement for an alien graduate of a foreign medical school practicing in the United States as of January 9, 1978. Provides that such an alien's stay shall be the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (currently two years with a one year extension). Directs that such period shall not exceed seven years unless the alien's country has an exceptional need for such specialty training. Permits such an alien to change his/her designated course of medical study upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency once within two years after entry or acquisition of exchange visitor status (currently must continue course of education under which admitted to the United States). Requires: (1) the alien to file an affidavit of good academic standing annually with the Attorney General; and (2) the Director of the International Communication Agency to report annually to Congress regarding such aliens. Amends waiver of standards provisions regarding such training programs to: (1) require a training program to have a comprehensive plan to reduce its reliance on alien physicians to qualify for such a waiver; and (2) extend such waiver authority from December 31, 1981, to December 31, 1983. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to report to Congress at the beginning of fiscal years 1982 and 1983 regarding the distribution (geography, nationality, and specialty) of those aliens who have entered the United States under such waiver. Includes within the definition of "special immigrant" certain alien physicians (and families) who entered the United States before January 10, 1978, and were practicing medicine here. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the International Communication Agency, to report to Congress by January 15, 1983, concerning the value of medical exchange programs. Revises re-entry permit provisions to authorize the issuance of such permit for a two-year nonrenewable period (currently 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 in which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; (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 (currently with a customs collector). Makes the existing mandatory waiver of fraudulent entry deportation provisions regarding alien spouses, children, or parents of United States citizens or permanent residents discretionary. Permits minor drug possession offenses to be waived for such persons. Provides that such deportation waiver shall also apply to improper entry documents resulting from such fraud. Provides with regard to such cancelled deportation proceedings, that the reduction of available immigrant visas shall come from the overall permanent or conditional entry visa allotment rather than from the nonpreference allotment. Permits certain nonimmigrant exchange aliens to have deportation proceedings suspended and have their status adjusted to permanent resident. Revises the category of nonimmigrant aliens who cannot have their nonimmigrant classification changed to another nonimmigrant classification without first applying to the Attorney General for such change. Eliminates annual current address reporting for permanent residents and three month reporting for temporary residents. Requires address changes to be reported. Authorizes the Attorney General to order such current address reporting. Provides with regard to the smuggling of aliens into the United States that: (1) any conveyance, including vessels, vehicles, or aircraft used for such purposes (excluding common carriers not consenting to such act and stolen conveyances), shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture; (2) any conveyance may be seized without warrant if probable cause exists and circumstances exist where a warrant is not constitutionally required; (3) specified customs laws shall apply to such seizures; (4) the Attorney General may retain for official use, sell, or require the General Services Administration to take custody of, any forfeited conveyance; and (5) in all forfeiture suits where the conveyance is claimed by any person the burden of proof shall be on such person, provided that probable cause for such forfeiture shall first be shown by the Government. 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 be present at a final naturalization hearing; and (2) a 30 day waiting period between the filing of a petition and the issuance of a certificate of naturalization. Requires the clerk of a State naturalization court to pay to the Attorney General one-half of all fees up to $40,000 (currently $6,000), and all fees in excess of such amount, in a fiscal year. Prohibits an alien diplomat from having his/her status adjusted to that of a permanent resident unless such alien has shown compelling reasons that: (1) he/she is unable to return to the country of accreditation; and (2) the adjustment would be in the national interest. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive certain technical immigrant visa defects which are not the fault of the alien involved. Prohibits persons who participated in Nazi-related persecutions from departing voluntarily in lieu of a deportation proceeding or from having their status adjusted to permanent resident. Requires no specified period of residence within the jurisdiction of a naturalization court for the adopted child of certain U.S. parents not currently residing in the United States. Exempts alien investors from immigrant visa numerical limitations if as of June 1, 1978, they: (1) had applied for status adjustment; (2) were qualified as nonpreference immigrants; and (3) were exempt from labor certifications because of their actual investment and managerial role in a U.S. business. Requires the reduction of the annual total country limitations for foreign medical graduates and investors who adjust their status to permanent resident.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Secretary of State Haig should, in his upcoming discussions with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko, raise the issue of the basic rights of Soviet citizens, particularly freedom of immigration and of religion.

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1981

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should discuss Soviet human rights issues, particularly immigration rights and religious freedom, with the Soviet Foreign Minister in upcoming meetings at the United Nations General Assembly.

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the visa requirement for qualifying tourist or business visitors from countries extending reciprocal privileges to U.S. citizens. Makes permanent resident adjustment and nonimmigrant change of classification provisions inapplicable to such persons. Makes transporters guarantee and be responsible for returning such persons to their countries. Sets fines for defaulting transporters.

Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1981

Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981 - 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) coming to the United States temporarily to study full-time at a vocational or other nonacademic institution approved by the Attorney General. Provides that such vocational-nonacademic student category shall become effective six months after enactment of this Act. Redefines the definition of "child" to include: (1) a child adopted before the age of 16; and (2) an orphan under the age of 16. Excludes adultery from the determination of good moral character for the purposes of such Act. Limits the existing drug-related provision relating to good moral character to "trafficking in narcotics." Provides that aliens seeking admission within five years of the date of their deportation or removal shall be ineligible for admission in to the United States (presently no time limit on excludability). Eliminates certain reporting requirements imposed on the Attorney General regarding his discretionary waiver of excludability. Includes drug offenses among the categories of excludability that may be waived in the case of alien children, spouses, or parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents seeking admission as immigrants. Eliminates the requirement of a medical specialty certificate from the American Board of Medical Specialties for admission of an alien graduate of a foreign medical school practicing in the United States as of January 9, 1978. Provides that such an alien's stay shall be the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension). Stipulates that such period shall not exceed seven years unless the alien's country has an exceptional need for such specialty training. Permits such an alien to change his/her designated course of medical study upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency within two years after entry or acquisition of exchange visitor status (presently must continue course of education under which admitted to the United States). Requires: (1) the alien to file an affidavit of good academic standing annually with the Attorney General; and (2) the Director of the International Communication Agency to report annually to the Congress regarding such aliens. Amends waiver of standards provisions regarding such training programs to: (1) require a training program to have a comprehensive plan to reduce its reliance on alien physicians to qualify for such a waiver; and (2) extend such waiver authority from December 31, 1981, to December 31, 1983. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to report to the Congress at the beginning of fiscal years 1982 and 1983 regarding the distribution (geography, nationality and specialty) of those aliens who have entered the United States under such waiver. Includes within the definition of "special immigrant" certain alien physicians (and families) who entered the United States before January 10, 1978, and were practicing medicine here. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the International Communication Agency, to report to Congress by January 15, 1983, concerning the value of medical exchange programs. Revises re-entry permit provisions to authorize the issuance of such permit for a two-year nonrenewable 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; (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). Makes discretionary the existing mandatory waiver of fraudulent entry deportation provisions regarding alien spouse, children, or parents of United States citizens or permanent residents. Permits nontrafficking drugs offenses to be waived for such persons. Provides that such deportation waiver shall also operate with regard to improper entry documents resulting from such fraud. Provides with regard to such cancelled deportation proceedings that the reduction of available immigrant visas shall come from the overall permanent or conditional entry visa allotment rather than from the nonpreference allotment. Permits certain nonimmigrant exchange aliens to have deportation proceedings suspended and have their status adjusted to permanent resident. Revises the category of nonimmigrant aliens who cannot have their nonimmigrant classification changed to another nonimmigrant 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 with regard to the smuggling of aliens into the United States that: (1) any conveyance, including vessels, vehicles, or aircraft used for such purposes (excluding common carriers not consenting to such act and stolen conveyances), shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture; (2) any conveyance may be seized without warrant if probable cause exists and circumstances exist where a warrant is not constitutionally required; (3) specified customs laws shall apply to such seizures; (4) the Attorney General may retain for official use, sell, or require the General Services Administration to take custody of, any forfeited conveyance; and (5) in all forfeiture suits where the conveyance is claimed by any person the burden of proof shall be upon such person, provided that probable cause for such forfeiture shall first be shown by the Government. 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. Repeals the provisions requiring: (1) witnesses to be present at a final naturalization hearing; and (2) a 30-day waiting period between the filing of a petition and the issuance of a certificate of naturalization. Requires the clerk of a State 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. Prohibits an alien diplomat from having his/her status adjusted to that of a permanent resident unless such alien has shown compelling reasons that: (1) he/she is unable to return to the country of accreditation; and (2) the adjustment would be in the national interest. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive certain technical immigrant visa defects which are not the fault of the alien involved. Prohibits persons who participated in Nazi-related persecutions from departing voluntarily in lieu of a deportation proceeding or from having their status adjusted to permanent resident. Requires no specified period of residence within the jurisdiction of a naturalization court for the adopted child of certain U.S. parents not currently residing in the United States. Exempts alien investors from immigrant visa numerical limitations if as of June 1, 1978, they: (1) had applied for status adjustment; (2) were qualified as nonpreference immigrants; and (3) were exempt from labor certifications because of their actual investment and managerial role in a U.S. business.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to investigating the program for resettling Indochinese refugees.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1981

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Indochinese refugee settlement program should be investigated to determine if refugee status is being granted to persons migrating primarily for economic reasons; and (2) if so, the program should be phased out.

Immigration Improvements Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1981

Immigration Improvements Act of 1981 - Title I: Change in Numerical Limitations and Entry of Aliens into the United States - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to submit an annual immigration plan to the Congress. Sets forth congressional procedures for considering such plan. Establishes an overall annual immigration numerical limitation. Breaks it down into categories of immediate relatives, refugees, and other immigrants. Makes corresponding limitation changes in current refugee and immigrant admissions. Revises emergency situation refugee admissions provisions. Requires brothers or sisters of U.S. citizens to be unmarried to qualify for fifth preference immigration priority. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) prepare contingency plans for processing large groups of asylum applicants illegally in the United States; and (2) file quarterly admissions reports with the Congress. Title II: Improved Enforcement - Directs the Attorney General to disregard work experience gained while illegally in the United States when considering an alien's visa application. Makes it unlawful to hire an illegal alien. Provides civil penalties for employer violations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude illegal aliens from eligibility for the earned income tax credit. Disallows a deduction for compensation paid to such persons. Authorizes the Attorney General to enter into agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies to help apprehend escaped aliens. Directs the Attorney General to submit a plan to the Congress for expanding and upgrading the border patrol. Makes an alien excludable or deportable for knowingly smuggling illegal aliens into the United States (currently an alien must have done so "knowingly and for gain"). Places the burden of proof in deportation proceedings on the Attorney General. Amends the Social Security Act to limit AFDC and Medicaid benefits to citizens and permanent residents. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to prescribe a uniform fee schedule.

A bill to confer citizenship posthumously on Corporal Wladyslaw Staniszewski.

United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1981

Confers U.S. citizenship on Corporal Wladyslaw Staniszewski, posthumously.

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the transportation of undocumented aliens and to reimburse air carriers for detention expenses.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) refund transporter bonds in cases of aliens admitted or paroled into the United States despite documentary inadmissibility; and (2) reimburse air carriers for detention expenses.

Comprehensive Immigration Amendments of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1981

Comprehensive Immigration Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Attorney General to create a record of lawful admission for, or to defer deportation of, specified aliens present illegally in the United States for at least two years. Establishes a commuter worker program for temporary workers from Mexico and the Western Hemisphere. Sets forth program guidelines. Prohibits present nonimmigrants to change to commuter worker status. Permits adjustment to permanent resident after five years of commuter worker status. Subjects an alien to deportation and criminal penalties for false statements made on an admissions application. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) increase the size and technological capacity of the border patrol; (2) establish a system for issuing machine-readable alien identification cards; and (3) report to the President and the Congress within six months. Authorizes necessary appropriations beginning in fiscal year 1982. Increases the fines for smuggling aliens into the United States. Directs the Secretary of State to consult with Mexico on such commuter worker program and related issues and to report periodically to the Congress. Amends the Social Security Act to require new cards to be counterfeit-resistant and show work status when appropriate. Establishes penalties for their false use or manufacture. Makes it unlawful for an employer to hire illegal immigrants. Provides penalties for such violations. Requires the Attorney General to establish hiring regulations.

United States-Mexico Good Neighbor Employment Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1981

United States - Mexico Good Neighbor Employment Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to establish a program for the nonimmigrant 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 nonimmigrant 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. Requires the Attorney General to report semiannually to Congress regarding the temporary worker visa program. 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.

A bill to amend section 312(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the naturalization (English) language waiver provision.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the Program of assistance for community health centers and migrant health centers, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1981

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 for: (1) community health centers; and (2) migrant health centers. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for primary care research and demonstration projects. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) prescribe criteria for determining where community health centers are needed; and (2) review the performance of such centers that provide migrant health services and report such findings to Congress. Provides for community health center audits.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of assistance for community health centers and migrant health centers, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1983 for community health centers. Provides that not more than two percent of such appropriations may be used for planning and development and not more than five percent may be used for operations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prescribe criteria for determining areas and population groups in need of community health centers. Requires an applicant to demonstrate, based upon such criteria, how a center will provide maximum services. Requires a health center grant recipient to: (1) provide for an annual audit; (2) file a report of such audit with the Secretary; and (3) maintain records as the Secretary requires. Directs the Secretary to review migrant health services provided by such centers and to report to Congress within six months of enactment of this Act. Authorizes specified appropriations for migrant health centers for fiscal years 1982 through 1983. Provides that not more than two percent of such appropriations may be used for planning and development, five percent for operations, and ten percent for environmental health and sanitation contracts. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for primary and dental care projects in nonurban areas.

A bill to provide for adjustment to refugee admission status of certain Cuban and Haitian nationals presently in the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1981

Requires the Attorney General to adjust the status of specified numbers of Haitians and Cubans to that of refugees if: (1) the alien makes application within one year of enactment of this Act; and (2) the alien is admissible as an immigrant under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Applies the provisions of this Act to any alien who: (1) is a native or citizen of Haiti who first arrived unlawfully in the State of Florida on or after January 1, 1972, and before May 14, 1981; (2) is or has been within the jurisdiction of office number six of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (3) is not resettled in any foreign country on the date of enactment of this Act; and (4) on such date does not have a lawful status in the United States or has the status of an alien paroled into the United States as a Cuban/Haitian entrant (status pending). Requires the Attorney General to establish a record of an alien's admission as a refugee as of the date of such adjustment. Provides that aliens granted refugee status under this act shall be treated for all purposes as aliens admitted as refugees under the Immigration and Nationality Act, including the purpose of providing assistance to States and public and nonprofit agencies for the provision of cash and services to such aliens.

Virgin Islands Nonimmigrant Alien Adjustment Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1981

Virgin Islands Nonimmigrant Alien Adjustment Act of 1981 - Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to permanent resident status alien workers and their dependents who have resided continuously in the Virgin Islands since June 30, 1975, if: (1) application for such adjustment is made within one year of enactment of this Act; (2) such persons were physically present in the Virgin Islands at the time of such filing; and (3) the worker is otherwise admissible as an immigrant. States that such status adjustments shall not reduce the number of available total or national immigrant visas. Authorizes the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of the Virgin Islands, to limit the number of second preference immigrant visas issued to spouses or unmarried sons or daughters of aliens adjusted under this Act. Prohibits the filing of fourth (married sons or daughters) or fifth (brothers or sisters) preference immigrant petitions by aliens adjusted under this Act unless: (1) at the time of filing such person is physically present and has resided continuously in the United States for at least two years; or (2) a case of extreme hardship exists. Prohibits the admission of alien workers to perform temporary labor in the Virgin Islands. Establishes the Interagency Task Force on Virgin Islands Immigration to analyze the impact, including the possible need for Federal assistance, on the Virgin Islands of providing health, housing, education and other social services to persons admitted under this Act. Requires a report to be submitted to the President and the Congress within one year after enactment of this Act. Disbands the Task Force 60 days after transmittal of such report. Authorizes specified appropriations.

A bill to repeal section 202(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove "sexual deviation" as a category of immigration admissions ineligibility.

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act.

United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include the relationship between an illegitimate child and its natural father within the definition of "child" for purposes of status, benefit, or privilege under such Act.

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt nonimmigrant aliens entering the United States to perform agricultural labor from the provisions of section 212 of that Act, relating to the establishment of adverse wage rates for nonimmigrant labor.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude temporary agricultural workers from the "adverse effect on U.S. workers' wages" provision for purposes of U.S. entry.

A bill to repeal certain provisions applicable to compensation for the overtime inspectional services of employees of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1981

Repeals current Federal law regarding overtime compensation for Immigration and Naturalization Service employees performing inspection duties. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make such overtime calculable under appropriate provisions of Title 5 of the United States Code.

A bill to repeal certain provisions applicable to compensation for the overtime inspectional services of employees of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1981

Repeals current Federal law regarding overtime compensation for Immigration and Naturalization Service employees performing inspection duties. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make such overtime calculable under appropriate provisions of Title 5 of the United States Code.

Federal Illegal Alien Grant-in-Aid to Localities Program Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1981

Federal Illegal Alien Grant-in-Aid to Localities Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to localities for costs incurred in providing humanitarian and administrative services to illegal aliens. Sets forth the terms and conditions for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1981.

Guest Worker Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981

Guest Worker Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to establish a program for the nonimmigrant admission of Mexican nationals as temporary workers in the United States. Limits temporary services or labor to 180 days per year. Directs that 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. Makes an alien who violates the 180 day visa limitation or any imposed geographic restriction ineligible for another temporary visa for five years. Makes an alien who enters the United States illegally ineligible for a temporary work visa for five years. Requires a participant to post a refundable $500 bond. 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. 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 nonimmigrant 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. Requires the Attorney General to report semiannually to Congress regarding the temporary worker visa program. 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. Prohibits the knowing employment of illegal aliens. Provides civil penalties for such violations. Authorizes necessary appropriations. Terminates such Mexican worker program five years after enactment of this Act.

A joint resolution proclaiming Raoul Wallenberg to be an honorary citizen of the United States, and requesting the President to ascertain from the Soviet Union the whereabouts of Raoul Wallenberg and to secure his return to freedom.

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981

Proclaims Raoul Wallenberg an honorary citizen of the United States. Requests the President to ascertain his whereabouts from the Soviet Union and to secure his freedom.

A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for a more complete exchange of information between the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Immigration and Naturalization Service with respect to all aliens who are applicants for or recipients of supplemental security income benefits, and to amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the exclusion from the United States of aliens who are determined by the Attorney General to be likely to receive such benefits within six months of their entry.

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1981

Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services 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.

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that extended voluntary departure status should be granted to El Salvadorans in the United States whose safety would be endangered if they were required to return to El Salvador.

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1981

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of State should recommend to the Attorney General that aliens who are nationals of El Salvador be granted extended voluntary departure status until they can reside safely in El Salvador.

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain courts which have naturalization jurisdiction to retain up to $20,000 of the fees collected in naturalization proceedings held in such courts in any fiscal year.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow State courts to retain up to $20,000 (currently $3,000) in annual naturalization petition fees.

A concurrent resolution to provide for the printing of the publication entitled, "U.S. Immigration Policy and the National Interest".

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1981

Requires that at such time as the publication entitled "United States Policy and the National Interest" is printed, a specified number of additional copies be printed for the use of the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary.

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the authority under section 212 of that act to establish an adverse wage rate for nonimmigrant aliens brought into the United States for agricultural labor.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude temporary agricultural workers from the "adverse effect on U.S. workers' wages" provision for purposes of U.S. entry.

A joint resolution proclaiming Raoul Wallenberg to be an honorary citizen of the United States, and requesting the President to ascertain from the Soviet Union the whereabouts of Raoul Wallenberg and to secure his return to freedom.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1981

Proclaims Raoul Wallenberg an honorary citizen of the United States. Requests the President to ascertain his whereabouts from the Soviet Union and to secure his freedom.