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Bill· HRH.R. 834 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1981
Grants immigrant visas to certain Italian nationals and their dependents who were victims of earthquakes which occurred in Italy on or about November 23, 1980. States that such visa shall not be chargeable against the numerical limitations imposed under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 808 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1981
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow preference visas to be given to an alien who: (1) requests such treatment; (2) was born after 1950 in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, or Thailand; (3) was fathered by an American serviceman; and (4) provides a guarantee of financial support. Stipulates that such guarantee must: (1) be signed by a citizen or lawful permanent resident who is at least 21 years old; and (2) provide that such signing sponsor will provide necessary financial support for five years. Allows the Attorney General to enforce such guarantee against the sponsor in a civil suit unless such sponsor dies or is adjudicated bankrupt.
Bill· HRH.R. 793 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1981
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to order the deportation of certain nonimmigrant aliens (including foreign students) in the United States who: (1) knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting or intending to result in personal injury or property damage; or (2) while in the United States, took part in any unlawful activity or advocated the overthrow by violence of any organized government. Permits the Attorney General to suspend deportation of such students.
Bill· SS. 66 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
American Sovereignty Protection Act - Amends the Alien Enemies Acts to include within the definition of predatory act against the United States: (1) the seizure of a diplomatic mission; or (2) the seizure of such premises together with the taking of diplomatic hostages.
Bill· HRH.R. 724 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the privilege of representation by counsel (at no expense to the United States Government) for any alien who has been: (1) detained for further inquiry pending entry; (2) temporarily excluded; or (3) arrested before deportation. Authorizes the Attorney General to withhold the deportation of any alien to any country in which the alien would be subject to persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion.
Bill· SS. 47 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
United States - Mexico Good Neighbor 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. Directs the Attorney General to establish annual and monthly quotas for temporary worker visas. Limits temporary services or labor to 240 days per year. Stipulates 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 240-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 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 deported from the United States. Requires the Attorney General to report semiannually to Congress regarding the temporary worker visa program. Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish and expand United States Consulates in Mexico in order to implement such temporary worker program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make the nature of such program known to Mexican nationals residing in the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish with Mexico an Advisory Commission on the Mexico-United States Temporary Worker Visa program to advise the Attorney General with regard to such program. Authorizes necessary appropriations. Terminates such Mexican worker program ten years after enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 582 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Title I: Directs the Attorney General to adjust the status (to permanent resident) of certain aliens in this country as of January 1, 1981. Title II: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit Eastern Hemispheric admissions. Title III: Removes the English language citizenship requirement. Title IV: Directs the Attorney General to collect and remit wages due deported aliens after paying the taxes thereon. Title V: Removes the residency requirements for persons seeking citizenship after serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Title VI: Establishes the President's Commission on United States-Mexico Immigration Policy to conduct studies and to make recommendations on immigration between Mexico and the United States and its effects on American domestic and international affairs.
Bill· HRH.R. 619 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of "immigrant" those persons with a permanent foreign residence coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural work, if the Secretary of Agriculture has determined and certified to the Attorney General that there are not sufficient workers available at the aliens' destination who are willing and able to do such work, and wages and working conditions will not be adversely affected. Requires the Secretary, upon an employer's request for such alien workers, to refer domestic workers to such employer, or certify such alien workers, within 20 days. Sets forth a procedure for an employer to challenge the qualifications of any such referred domestic workers.
Bill· HRH.R. 620 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for labor certification on an areawide, rather than on a countrywide, basis for admitting temporary agricultural workers.
Bill· HRH.R. 451 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 442 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to require that aged, blind, or disabled aliens, as defined in title XVI, must have resided in the United States during the three years immediately preceding application for benefits under title XVI. Exempts from the three-year requirement those aliens: (1) who are political refugees into this country; (2) who have been excused from the support agreement under the Immigration and Nationality Act; or (3) certain blind or disabled individuals. Stipulates that such three-year requirement shall apply only to aliens applying for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to stipulate that no immigrant shall be admitted into the United States unless: (1) at the time of application for admission, a support agreement exists which states that the immigration sponsor shall provide such financial support as is necessary to maintain the immigrants' income at a dollar amount equal to the dollar amount such immigrant would receive under title XVI of the Social Security Act if aged, blind, or disabled; or (2) such immigrant presents evidence of other means to provide the required support; or (3) such immigrant is designated as a political refugee without available means of private support. Authorizes the Attorney General, the immigrant, or any State which is making payments to such immigrant under any program based on need, to enforce such agreements in a civil action. Declares a support agreement excused and unenforceable if: (1) the sponsor dies or is adjudicated as bankrupt; (2) the alien becomes blind or disabled from causes arising after admission to the U.S.; (3) the sponsor can affirmatively demonstrate that his or her financial resources have diminished beyond the sponsor's control and that the sponsor is financially incapable of supporting the alien; or (4) judgment cannot be obtained in court because of circumstances unforeseeable to the alien at the time of admission.
Bill· HRH.R. 361 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 to eliminate the required American Board of Medical Specialties certification as a condition of entry for foreign medical graduates.
Bill· HRH.R. 317 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students who knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting in, or intending to result in, injury or damage to another's person or property. Permits the Attorney General to suspend deportation of such students.
Bill· HRH.R. 185 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that any person who knowingly pays a salary or other compensation to an illegal alien for personal services actually rendered shall be subject to a criminal fine.
Bill· HRH.R. 156 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Illegal Alien Control Act of 1981 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a border patrol force of not less than 3,800 officers. Directs the Attorney General to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of: (1) establishing a system for issuing machine-readable identification cards to aliens entering the United States; and (2) utilizing the most current technology in electronic sensing devices in patrolling land borders. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of the term "immigrant" those persons entering the United States for a period of not more than one year to perform temporary services or labor if the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the Attorney General that there are not sufficient workers available at the aliens' destination who are willing and able to perform such services. Directs the Secretary to refer to employers who request such certification, workers who agree to present themselves to commence employment on the date and for the period specified. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue social security cards for aliens who may be employed or receive public assistance in the United States. Specifies the information which an alien must provide when applying for a social security card. Requires the applicant to supply either proof of the individual's citizenship or alien status, or an affidavit that the individual was assigned a social security account number at least five years before the date of application for the card. Prohibits the employment of or provision of public assistance to an individual specified in this Act unless such individual presents a social security card to the employer or agency and the employer or agency submits required information to the Secretary. Establishes a civil penalty for the violation of such prohibition. Prohibits the employment of or provision of public assistance to an alien whose status under the Immigration and Nationality Act does not permit such alien to work or receive public assistance. Establishes penalties for presenting a false social security card or providing fraudulent information in order to obtain employment or public assistance. Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to prohibit the use of Federal financial aid to provide job training or employment opportunities to aliens who are not authorized to work or who are illegally in the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit income tax deductions for wages paid to aliens illegally working in the United States. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Labor, when adjudicating the petition of an alien for admission to perform skilled or unskilled labor, from considering the work experience gained by the alien in the United States during any time while in an immigration status in which employment was not authorized for the alien. Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits and Medicaid benefits to illegal aliens. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both.
Bill· HRH.R. 42 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
United States Flag Protection Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include conviction of desecrating the United States flag as a grounds for deportation.
Bill· HRH.R. 34 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Makes additional immigration visas available in the case of a foreign state from which the total number of immigrants admitted to the United States in any fiscal year after June 30, 1972, was less than three-fourths of the average annual number of visas made available to immigrants from such state during the ten-year period beginning July 1, 1955. Limits to 7,500 the total number of visas to be made available in the case of any one foreign state. Specifies the percent of additional visas to be allocated to the categories of preference and nonpreference priorities set forth in the Immigration and Nationality Act. Stipulates that the provision of such Act which prohibits the admittance of aliens seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor shall not apply in the determination of an immigrant's eligibility to receive an additional visa as authorized by this Act. Limits the application of the provisions of this Act to four years. States that nothing in this Act modifies or affects the authority of the Attorney General in the administration of any law relating to immigration, nationality, or naturalization.