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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 538 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1990
Deems H. Con.Res. 394 to have been passed by the House. Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on S. 358 (immigration and aliens).
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 394 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1990
Makes corrections in the enrollment of S. 358 (immigration amendments) with regard to: (1) a pilot program to use drivers' licenses as documents establishing employability and identity; and (2) excludability of Palestine Liberation Organization officials on the grounds of terrorist activity.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 531 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1990
Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on S. 358 (immigration and aliens).
Bill· SS. 3230 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1990
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of an alien who has been convicted of driving an automobile while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance in connection with a traffic accident resulting in a fatality or serious bodily injury to an innocent party.
Bill· HRH.R. 5873 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1990
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide for an extension for the land disposal of hazardous wastes for land treatment facilities for which there are pending petitions to demonstrate that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from disposal units.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 484 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1990
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 4300 (immigration and aliens).
Bill· SS. 3099 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1990
IRCA Improvements Amendments of 1990 - Directs the Attorney General to conduct a nationwide program to inform employers of their responsibilities with regard to the employment of illegal aliens and the prohibition against employment discrimination. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Attorney General to construct or upgrade certain border barriers in California, Texas, and Arizona. Transfers specified funds for such purpose. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) develop and adopt standards for a State drivers' license biometric identification system; and (2) establish a related interagency policy board. Requires States to implement such standards within a specified time or lose a portion of their Federal highway funds. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Attorney General to use such biometric identification system to ensure employer identification of employable aliens. Provides for the use of such system in: (1) a border security system; and (2) an alien identification pilot program. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide civil penalties for document fraud. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a task force to monitor levels of illegal immigration; and (2) report annually to the Congress.
Bill· SS. 3055 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1990
Criminal Alien Deportation Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the definition of "aggravated felony" with definitions for "class 1 felony" and "class 2 felony." Establishes a time frame for filing petitions for judicial review of deportation orders for aliens convicted of class 1 or 2 felonies. Bars reentry of aliens convicted of class 1 or 2 felonies for 20 years or ten years, respectively. Limits the period of time counted toward suspension of deportation for aliens who have committed class 2 felonies. Makes specified provisions currently applicable to aggravated felonies applicable to class 1 felonies. Sets forth procedures for notices of deportation hearings and in absentia hearings. Prohibits, unless the Attorney General determines that sufficient resources for deportation do not exist, any alien from departing voluntarily from the United States at his own expense in lieu of deportation if such alien has, within the previous ten years, been granted a date by which he must depart voluntarily and has failed to depart. Provides that any such alien who has failed to depart shall be deportable. Requires defenses with respect to the deportation of an alien to be raised in the alien's response to the order initiating deportation proceedings. Exempts from such requirement applications for asylum or withholding of deportation which arises becauses of a change in circumstance in the country of the alien's nationality after the initiation of deportation proceedings. Sets forth requirements with respect to motions to reopen or reconsider proceedings against an alien. Exempts from such requirements the same circumstances granted exemptions from defense requirements. Sets forth procedures for administrative appeals. Permits only one administrative appeal to be made with respect to motions to reopen or reconsider deportation proceedings. Sets forth conditions under which such appeals shall be considered frivolous. Prescribes civil penalties for submission of frivolous appeals. Permits attorneys who submit two or more frivolous appeals in one year to be barred from representing parties in deportation proceedings for a specified time period. Provides aliens with up to 14 days from the time the alien first appears before the Attorney General in deportation proceedings in order for the alien to secure counsel. Prohibits aliens who have been convicted of class 1 or 2 felonies from applying for, or being granted, asylum. Excludes aliens convicted of class 1 felonies from the definition concerning good moral character. Grants Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) officers and employees the power to make arrests for offenses against the United States and to carry firearms. Directs the INS Commissioner to provide for the fingerprinting and photographing of each alien 14 or over against whom a deportation proceeding is commenced. Requires the Attorney General to report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on: (1) information, for each of the 36 months preceding this Act's enactment, on the number of deportation orders issued per month and the percentage of orders executed; and (2) the number of aliens whose deportation hearings have been conducted and the percentage that such number represents of the total number of deportable aliens eligible for such hearings since November 18, 1988. Conditions the admittance of returning resident aliens on such aliens not having been convicted of a class 1 or 2 felony for which a term of more than two years of imprisonment was imposed. Eliminates an exemption to deportation for an alien convicted of a crime and for whom a court has made a recommendation that such alien not be deported. Makes ineligible to receive a visa and excludes from admission into the United States an alien convicted of a class 2 felony and who departs voluntarily from the United States at his own expense. Provides for the transfer of a specified amount of funds from the Immigration Examinations Fee Account to the Executive Office for Immigration Review in the Department of Justice for purposes of removing backlogs in the preparation of transcripts of deportation proceedings. Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Justice to provide for an additional 20 immigration judges to be used solely to conduct deportation proceedings.
Bill· HRH.R. 5572 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990
IRCA Anti-Discrimination Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend General Accounting Office employer sanction reporting requirements. Includes certain seasonal agricultural workers within the scope of such anti-discrimination employment provisions. Requires public dissemination of information about anti-discrimination protections under such Act and under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Repeals the requirement that an alien must file a declaration of intention to become a citizen in order to be covered by such anti-discrimination provisions. Repeals the provision awarding attorney's fees only if the losing party's argument is without reasonable legal and factual foundation. Revises and increases employer civil money penalties. Establishes criminal penalties for pattern or practice violations. Permits a person who was discriminated against by an employer while merely testing such employer's employment practices to file a complaint. Treats certain employer documentary practices as employment practices for purposes of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5545 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Amends Federal law to authorize the Attorney General to grant conditional permanent resident status to certain alien participants in the witness security program. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) remove the conditional basis of such permanent resident status two years after its initial granting; and (2) terminate permanent resident status if Federal protection is terminated before the end of such two-year period.
Bill· HRH.R. 5458 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of each military department concerned to accept for original enlistment in the Army or Air National Guard of six States chosen by the Secretary of Defense certain aliens not already admitted for permanent residence in the United States during a three-year test period if the total personnel strength of the Guard is less than 95 percent of its total authorized strength as of September 30, 1990. Requires such aliens, in addition to taking a military-service oath, to declare an intention to become citizens of the United States. Voids such an enlistment under certain conditions. Limits the number of aliens permitted to be so enlisted to 1,000 during any fiscal year. Authorizes the President to increase such number as appropriate. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to adjust to a temporary lawfully-admitted status any alien who: (1) is an enlisted member of the Army or Air National Guard; (2) is otherwise admissible as an immigrant; (3) has not been convicted of any felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States; (4) has not assisted in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group; and (5) was in the United States as of the enactment of this Act and has resided continuously in the United States since such date. Requires any spouse or child of such alien to satisfy such requirements (except for the enlistment requirement) in order to have his or her status adjusted. Provides for the termination of the temporary lawfully-admitted status of such aliens under specified conditions. Authorizes an alien who completes at least six years of honorable service in the Guard to apply for a certificate of adjustment to permanent resident of the United States. Provides identical adjustment for the spouse and child of such alien if the alien so qualifies. Provides for the waiver of: (1) the six-year service requirement under certain conditions; and (2) numerical limitations and certain grounds for exclusion from permanent-status consideration under the Immigration and Nationality Act for aliens covered under this Act. Provides an expedited naturalization procedure for an alien who is granted lawful permanent residence under this Act and who reenlists in the Army or Air National Guard for an additional term of six years.
Bill· SS. 2957 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) agents and officers to carry firearms and make arrests. Revises the definition of "aggravated felony" for purposes of such Act. Includes among the classes of aliens ineligible to receive visas and excluded from U.S. entry an alien who: (1) is in illicit possession of a controlled substance; and (2) has been convicted of an aggravated felony. Subjects such aliens to summary exclusion. Subjects an alien convicted of an aggravated felony to an expedited summary deportation proceeding. Requires Federal and State courts to notify INS upon sentencing of an alien to an aggravated felony. Bars aliens who are aggravated felons and other criminal aliens from: (1) asylum; (2) judicial recommendation against deportation; (3) deportation waiver based on length of U.S. domicile, family hardship, good moral character, and specified other grounds.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 455 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that October 1990 should be designated as National Ellis Island Month, in recognition of Ellis Island's upcoming centennial.
Bill· SS. 2896 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Migration Affairs Reorganization Act of 1990 - Establishes the Agency for Migration Affairs to direct U.S. immigration and refugee policy. Transfers to the Agency: (1) all immigration functions of the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization; and (2) specified functions of the Secretary of State and specified components of the Department of State. Transfers related personnel and assets. Abolishes: (1) the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and (2) the office of the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization.
Bill· HRH.R. 5339 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1990
Authorizes FY 1991 and 1992 appropriations for specified refugee and entrant assistance activities. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to make specified annual refugee admissions and oversight determinations by June 1.
Bill· HRH.R. 5284 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1990
Criminal Alien Deportation Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the definition of "aggravated felony" with definitions for "class 1 felony" and "class 2 felony." Establishes a time frame for filing petitions for judicial review of deportation orders for aliens convicted of class 1 or 2 felonies. Bars reentry of aliens convicted of class 1 or 2 felonies for 20 years or ten years, respectively. Limits the period of time counted toward suspension of deportation for aliens who have committed class 2 felonies. Makes specified provisions currently applicable to aggravated felonies applicable to class 1 felonies. Sets forth procedures for notices of deportation hearings and in absentia hearings. Prohibits, unless the Attorney General determines that sufficient resources for deportation do not exist, any alien from departing voluntarily from the United States at his own expense in lieu of deportation if such alien has, within the previous ten years, been granted a date by which he must depart voluntarily and has failed to depart. Provides that any such alien who has failed to depart shall be deportable. Requires defenses with respect to the deportation of an alien to be raised in the alien's response to the order initiating deportation proceedings. Exempts from such requirement applications for asylum or withholding of deportation which arise because of a change in circumstance in the country of the alien's nationality after the initiation of deportation proceedings. Sets forth requirements with respect to motions to reopen or reconsider proceedings against an alien. Exempts from such requirements the same circumstances granted exemptions from defense requirements. Sets forth procedures for administrative appeals. Permits only one administrative appeal to be made with respect to motions to reopen or reconsider deportation proceedings. Sets forth conditions under which such appeals shall be considered frivolous. Prescribes civil penalties for submission of frivolous appeals. Permits attorneys who submit two or more frivolous appeals in one year to be barred from representing parties in deportation proceedings for a specified time period. Provides aliens with up to 14 days from the time the alien first appears before the Attorney General in deportation proceedings in order for the alien to secure counsel. Prohibits aliens who have been convicted of class 1 or 2 felonies from applying for, or being granted, asylum. Excludes aliens convicted of class 1 felonies from the definition concerning good moral character. Grants Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) officers and employees the power to make arrests for offenses against the United States and to carry firearms. Directs the INS Commissioner to provide for the fingerprinting and photographing of each alien 14 or over against whom a deportation proceeding is commenced. Requires the Attorney General to report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on: (1) information, for each of the 36 months preceding this Act's enactment, on the number of deportation orders issued per month and the percentage of orders executed; and (2) the number of aliens whose deportation hearings have been conducted and the percentage that such number represents of the total number of deportable aliens eligible for such hearings since November 18, 1988. Conditions the admittance of returning resident aliens on such aliens not having been convicted of a class 1 or 2 felony for which a term of more than two years of imprisonment was imposed. Eliminates an exemption from deportation for an alien convicted of a crime and for whom a court has made a recommendation that such alien not be deported. Makes ineligible to receive a visa and excludes from admission into the United States an alien convicted of a class 2 felony who departs voluntarily from the United States at his own expense. Provides for the transfer of a specified amount of funds from the Immigration Examinations Fee Account to the Executive Office for Immigration Review in the Department of Justice for purposes of removing backlogs in the preparation of transcripts of deportation proceedings.
Bill· SS. 2842 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990
Refugee Repayment Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require refugees to repay one-half of the average annual Federal refugee cost. Exempts disabled or elderly refugees from such requirement. Prohibits an alien from being deported or denied naturalization for failure to make such repayment. Grants "special immigrant" status to certain refugees who have made such payments to the Treasury.
Bill· SS. 2797 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990
Employer Sanctions Repeal Act of 1990 - Repeals specified provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), and the United States Code relating to the unlawful employment of aliens. Repeals specified provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA relating to unfair immigration-related employment practices. Continues the duties of the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices regarding unfair immigration-related employment practices for one year after enactment of this Act, such duties thereafter to be assumed by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Increases FY 1991 Border Patrol funding and personnel levels. Provides Border Patrol personnel training with respect to the rights and varied cultural backgrounds of aliens and citizens. Authorizes appropriations. Increases FY 1991 personnel levels for: (1) the Wage and Hour Division within the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor; and (2) the Assistant United States Attorneys employed by the Department of Justice. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for bringing in or harboring certain aliens. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should initiate discussions with Mexico and Canada with regard to the smuggling of aliens into the United States. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5185 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990
Employer Sanctions Repeal Act of 1990 - Repeals specified provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act and the United States Code relating to: (1) the unlawful employment of aliens; and (2) unfair immigration-related employment practices. Continues the duties of the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices regarding unfair immigration-related employment practices for one year after enactment of this Act, such duties thereafter to be assumed by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Increases FY 1991 Border Patrol funding and personnel levels. Provides Border Patrol personnel training with respect to the rights and varied cultural backgrounds of aliens and citizens. Authorizes appropriations. Increases FY 1991 personnel levels for: (1) the Wage and Hour Division with the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor; and (2) the Assistant United States Attorneys employed by the Department of Justice. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for bringing in or harboring certain aliens. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should initiate discussions with Mexico and Canada with regard to the smuggling of aliens into the United States. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5095 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for loss of nationality and deportation for willful and malicious destruction or mutilation of the U.S. flag.
Bill· HRH.R. 5022 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the government knowledge naturalization requirement for persons over age 50 who have resided in the United States as permanent residents for at least 20 years.
Bill· SS. 2687 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1990 - Waives the naturalization English language requirement for certain aliens who served with special guerilla units in Laos in support of the United States. Provides for U.S. naturalization based upon such service.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 580 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Designates October 28, 1990, as National Immigrants Day.
Bill· SS. 2677 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 to extend through FY 1992: (1) special refugee categories for certain Soviet and Indochinese nationals; and (2) status adjustment for certain Soviet and Indochinese parolees.
Bill· HRH.R. 4899 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 to extend through FY 1992: (1) special refugee categories for certain Soviet and Indochinese nationals; and (2) status adjustment for certain Soviet and Indochinese parolees.
Bill· HRH.R. 4788 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1990
Emergency Lithuanian Immigration Relief Act of 1990 - Waives the two-year home country residence requirement for certain "J" visa (exchange visitors) Lithuanian nationals in the United States. Grants such persons work authorization.
Bill· SS. 2529 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
International Child Protection and Recovery Act of 1990 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the U.S. entry of an alien spouse or former spouse who withholds outside the United States a child having claim to U.S. citizenship from the U.S. citizen father or mother.
Bill· SS. 2446 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Employer Sanctions Improvements Amendments of 1990 - Directs the Attorney General to conduct a nationwide education program to inform employers of their responsibilities and the prohibition against discrimination under the employment verification provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and issue new social security cards that will be resistant to tampering or counterfeiting and ensure proper identification. Authorizes appropriations. States that such card shall not be a national identity card. Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study of birth certificate improvements. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary to conduct demonstration programs to determine the feasibility of a computerized telephone worker verification system.
Bill· HRH.R. 4506 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) review the list of dangerous contagious diseases used, under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, for determining the admissibility of aliens to the United States; (2) publish a revised list of such diseases; (3) provide for public comment; and (4) publish a rule containing a final revised list. Authorizes the Secretary, from time to time, to conduct additional reviews and effect additional revisions. Directs the Secretary to base the review and revision on the protection of the health of the general U.S. public and consider the impact of the list on international travel and the comments of interested parties.
Bill· HRH.R. 4499 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Authorizes appropriations to provide for a specified personnel level for the border patrol of the Immigration and Naturalization Service by October 1, 1992. Makes funds available from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund to provide for such personnel level.
Bill· HRH.R. 4513 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1990 - Waives the naturalization English language requirement for certain aliens who served with special guerilla units in Laos in support of the United States. Provides for U.S. naturalization based upon such service.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 536 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1990
Approves the findings of the General Accounting Office report of March 29, 1990, regarding employer sanctions under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 280 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Approves the findings of the General Accounting Office report of March 29, 1990, regarding employer sanctions under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
Bill· HRH.R. 4421 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
IRCA Anti-Discrimination Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend General Accounting Office employer sanction reporting requirements. Includes certain seasonal agricultural workers within the scope of such anti-discrimination employment provisions. Requires public dissemination of information about anti-discrimination protections under such Act and under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Bill· HRH.R. 4427 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Requires the Attorney General to recruit 1,000 additional border patrol agents for the Immigration and Naturalization Service from eligible military personnel discharged involuntarily under honorable conditions after October 1, 1989.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 534 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Approves the Comptroller General's findings regarding a pattern of employment discrimination resulting from the employer sanction provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Amends such Act to repeal employer sanction and related anti-discrimination provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 4400 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1990
Grants a stay of deportation and work authorization to spouses, children, and dependent parents of legalized aliens.
Bill· HRH.R. 4317 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Public Hospitals and Schools Alien Compensation Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, an eligible public hospital to compensate the hospital, partially or fully, for unreimbursed expenses incurred by the hospital in providing emergency medical services to presumptive aliens. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, any eligible local educational agency to assist the agency in providing adequate educational services to the students served by the agency. Sets forth eligibility criteria, including considerations of overcrowding and the presence of a certain number or percentage of presumptive aliens. Defines presumptive alien, for both the hospital and educational agency parts of this Act, to mean a low-income individual who is not (or who the hospital or educational agency reasonably believes is not) a citizen or national of the United States, without regard to the immigration status of the individual.
Bill· HRH.R. 4300 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1990
Family Unity and Employment Opportunity Immigration Act of 1990 - Title I: Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based Immigration - Subtitle A: Admission and Status - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to reorganize the standards for entry of permanent resident aliens around family-sponsored immigrants and employment-based immigrants. Revises: (1) the preference system for allocation of visas; (2) the petitioning procedure; and (3) the labor certification process. Grants a temporary stay of deportation and a work authorization to certain eligible immigrants who are spouses or children of legalized aliens. Revises: (1) certain nonimmigrant classifications; and (2) the qualifications for admission of aliens (and families) in religious occupations. Denies nonimmigrant (crewmember) status to aliens intending to perform services on board U.S. vessels or aircraft during a labor dispute where there is a strike or lockout in the bargaining unit of the employer for which the alien intends to perform such services. Subtitle B: Education and Training of American Workers - Directs the Attorney General to charge $1,000 fees (with certain exceptions) to any employer petitioning to import into the United States an alien falling in specified employment-based categories. Requires the Secretary of Labor, from an account into which such fees are deposited, to make grants to States to provide educational assistance and training for U.S. workers. Title II: Other Provisions Regarding Immigrant Visas - Directs the Attorney General to adjust to (conditional) permanent resident status the status of certain qualifying aliens who are natives of an adversely affected foreign state. Makes available up to 25,000 immigrant visa numbers in each of FY 1991 through 1993 to qualified: (1) displaced aliens from Eastern Europe; and (2) immigrants from Africa. Declares that for numerical limitation purposes Hong Kong shall be treated as a separate foreign state, and not as a colony or other component or dependent area of a foreign state, beginning with FY 1991. Title III: Other Immigration Provisions - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Marriage Fraud - Provides for a waiver of the conditional residence requirement for a foreign spouse who: (1) entered the qualifying marriage in good faith; and (2) can show through credible evidence that he or she was battered by, or subject to extreme mental cruelty perpetrated by, his or her spouse or parent. Provides a bona fide marriage exception to the foreign residence requirement for marriages entered into during certain immigration proceedings. Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 - Prohibits discrimination based on national origin or citizenship status with respect to the terms and conditions of employment. Repeals the requirement that aliens file a declaration of intention to become a citizen in order to file an anti-discrimination complaint. Adds an extra year to the deadline for applying for adjustment of status from temporary to permanent residence. Permits judicial review of regulations, policies, and practices and court-ordered remedies for certain administrative actions. Disqualifies certain legalized aliens from cash assistance welfare programs only, not all financial assistance programs. Repeals certain paperwork requirements for recruiters and referrers. Provides for special immigrant status for certain aliens declared dependent on a juvenile court. Directs the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to provide for a system for collection and dissemination of information useful in evaluating the social, economic, environmental, and demographic impact of immigration laws. Exempts travelers from Belize from the immigration inspection user fee. Title IV: Removal of Criminal Aliens - Revises the definition of aggravated felony to include illicit trafficking in controlled substances. Grants Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) officers the power to make arrests for any offense against the United States. Directs the Commissioner to provide for the fingerprinting and photographing of each alien 14 or over against whom a deportation proceeding is commenced. Revises the condition for an alien's release from custody pending determination of deportability. Declares that any judicial recommendations against deportation shall not be taken into account in a deportation proceeding in determining the number of convictions for crimes involving moral turpitude. Revises: (1) the requirements for the notice given to an alien (or alien's counsel of record) about a deportation hearing; and (2) the limitations on discretionary relief from deportation. Declares that no time during the pendency of administrative or judicial proceedings shall be counted as periods of continuous physical presence for suspension of deportation. Repeals a proviso indicating that a written request from a prosecutor or judge obliges the Attorney General to deport an alien before his or her release from the correctional institution where he or she is confined. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require States, as a condition for receiving drug control and system improvement grants, to provide INS without fee the certified conviction records of aliens convicted of violating State criminal laws. Provides for deportation for attempted violations of controlled substances laws. Revises the definition of good moral character to exclude persons convicted of an aggravated felony (not just, as current law provides, the crime of murder).
Bill· HRH.R. 4230 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Selected Immigrant Act of 1990 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish: (1) a fiscal year 100,000 worldwide U.S. immigration limitation; and (2) a fiscal year 12,000 foreign country limitation (Northern Ireland to be treated as a separate foreign state for such purpose). Establishes a ten fiscal year (beginning with FY 1991) priority for immigrants from countries adversely affected by Public Law 89-236 and from other underrepresented countries. Establishes a preference immigration point system based on: (1) age; (2) occupational demand; (3) occupational training and work experience; (4) prearranged U.S. employment; (5) education; and (6) knowledge of U.S. government and history. Reduces the naturalization waiting period from five years to three years. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on the immigration impact of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4165 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Employment-Related Immigration Act of 1990 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish the following immigrant categories: (1) family-sponsored immigrants; (2) employment-sponsored immigrants; and (3) independent immigrants. Sets worldwide and per country admission levels. (Treats Hong Kong as a foreign state for such purposes.) Classifies H-1 nonimmigrant aliens (temporary non-agricultural workers) as: (1) preeminent individuals; and (2) professionals, including nurses. Requires: (1) the Secretary of Labor to consult with industry and labor, and report to the Congress, when immigrants make up more than one percent of the members of a profession in a particular region; and (2) that employer hiring petitions for such immigrants contain assurances with respect to wages, labor disputes, and citizen or immigrant recruitment. Defines "managerial capacity" and "executive capacity" for L-1 nonimmigrant visa purposes. Establishes a nonimmigrant classification (0 visa) for artists, entertainers, and athletes. Provides pre-immigrant status adjustment for professional and management nonimmigrant aliens. Revises the immigration admissions preference system to allocate family connection immigrant preferences as follows: (1) unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens; (2) spouses and unmarried sons and unmarried daughters of U.S. permanent residents; (3) married sons and daughters of citizens; and (4) brothers and sisters of citizens. Allocates employment-sponsored immigrant preferences as follows: (1) professionals of exceptional ability; (2) managers and executives; and (3) non-temporary shortage workers. Requires labor certification for such immigrants. Allocates independent immigrant preferences as follows: (1) employment creation; and (2) diversity immigrants. Subjects an employer-alien to deportation for failure to comply with capital investment and employment requirements. Revises labor certification and visa petition provisions. Treats religious workers as temporary workers or as special immigrants under specified circumstances.
Bill· SS. 2087 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make additional immigrant visas available annually for specified alien entrepreneurs and their families. Subjects such entrants to a two-year conditional status during which time permanent resident status may be terminated and the alien subjected to deportation upon a finding that the qualifying entrepreneurship was improper. Establishes a criminal penalty for immigration-related entrepreneurship fraud.
Bill· HRH.R. 3971 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of each military department concerned to accept for original enlistment in the Army or Air National Guard certain aliens not already admitted for permanent residence in the United States if the personnel strength of the Guard is less than 90 percent of its authorized strength at the time. Requires such aliens, in addition to taking a military-service oath, to declare an intention to become citizens of the United States. Voids such an enlistment under certain conditions. Limits the number of aliens permitted to be so enlisted to 3,000 during any fiscal year. Authorizes the President to increase such number as appropriate. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to adjust to a temporary lawfully-admitted status any alien who: (1) is an enlisted member of the Army or Air National Guard; (2) is otherwise admissible as an immigrant; (3) has not been convicted of any felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States; (4) has not assisted in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group; and (5) was in the United States as of the enactment of this Act and has resided continuously in the United States since such date. Requires any spouse or child of such alien to satisfy such requirements (except for the enlistment requirement) in order to have his or her status adjusted. Provides for the termination of the temporary lawfully-admitted status of such aliens under specified conditions. Authorizes an alien who completes at least six years of honorable service in the Guard to apply for a certificate of adjustment to permanent resident of the United States. Provides identical adjustment for the spouse and child of such alien if the alien so qualifies. Provides for the waiver of: (1) the six-year service requirement under certain conditions; and (2) numerical limitations and certain grounds for exclusion from permanent-status consideration under the Immigration and Nationality Act for aliens covered under this Act. Provides an expedited naturalization procedure for an alien who is granted lawful permanent residence under this Act and who reenlists in the Army or Air National Guard for an additional term of six years.
Bill· SS. 2079 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Lebanese Temporary Protected Status Act of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant temporary (two year) protected status to certain Lebanese nationals residing in the United States (thus prohibiting their deportation during such period). Authorizes such aliens to work in the United States. Requires the Attorney General to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees with regard to such program.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 240 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States should accept more than 125,000 refugees in FY 1991; (2) part of such increase should be allotted to Soviet refugees; and (3) the United States should provide funds for all FY 1991 refugees.
Bill· HRH.R. 3927 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1990
Independent Immigrant Act of 1990 - Makes additional immigrant visas available for FY 1991 through 1995 for nationals of foreign states that have traditionally denied freedom of emigration. Provides for admissions on a point assessment system based on: (1) age; (2) education; (3) occupational demand; (4) occupational training and work experience; (5) prearranged U.S. employment; and (6) membership in a persecuted religious group.