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United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1985
Polish Refugee Act of 1986 - Treats certain Polish citizens or nationals as refugees under the Immigration and Nationality Act for purposes of admission into the United States. Directs the Attorney General to assist such persons in applying for refugee status or asylum, as appropriate. Entitles such aliens to refugee assistance under such Act.
European Union · EUR-Lex · 19 December 1985
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from nonimmigrant admission into the United States nationals from any foreign state with which the United States does not have diplomatic relations. Excludes nationals of Taiwan from such prohibition.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1985
Foreign Terrorist Exclusion Act of 1986 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude aliens who are members of or affiliated with terrorist organizations (as defined by this Act) 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. Prohibits the Attorney General from granting such aliens voluntary departure or withholding of deportation. Removes specified diplomatic immunities from such aliens. Makes it a felony to knowingly aid such aliens to enter the United States. 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.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1985
Provides for the temporary stay (ending on January 1, 1990) of detention and deportation of specified Lebanese nationals and for their adjustment to permanent resident status.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1985
Immigration Control and Legalization Amendments Act of 1985 - Title I: Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A: Employment - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it unlawful for a person or other entity to: (1) hire, or recruit, or refer for a fee for U.S. employment any alien knowing that such person is unauthorized to work, or any person without verifying his or her work status; or (2) continue to employ an alien knowing of such person's unauthorized work status. Makes verification compliance an affirmative defense to any violation in the hiring or referral of an alien. Establishes an employment verification system. Requires: (1) the employer to attest, on a form developed by the Attorney General, that the employee's work status has been verified by examination of a passport, birth certificate, social security card, alien documentation papers, or other proof; (2) the worker to similarly attest that he or she is a U.S. citizen or national, or authorized alien; and (3) the employer to keep such records for the period required by regulation. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Labor and Health and Human Services, to establish a social security account number validation system. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize a national identity card or system. Subjects employers to citations, graduated civil penalties, injunctive remedies, or criminal penalties (pattern or practice violations) for hiring violations. (Subjects employers to monetary civil penalties for related paperwork violations.) Requires the Attorney General to provide notice and hearing opportunity. Permits judicial review of a final administrative penalty. Directs the Attorney General to file suit in U.S. district court to collect unpaid penalties. Makes it unlawful for an employer to require an employee to provide any type of financial guarantee or indemnity against any potential employment liability. Subjects violators, after notice and hearing opportunity, to civil penalties. States that such employer sanction provisions preempt State and local laws. Directs the Attorney General: (1) in cooperation with the Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Treasury, and Commerce, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to disseminate program information for the first six months after enactment of this Act; and (2) to issue implementing regulations within seven months. States that no penalties shall be imposed for the first six months after enactment of this Act. Makes it an unfair immigration-related employment practice for an employer to discriminate against any individual (other than an unauthorized alien) with respect to hiring, or recruitment or referral for fee, because of such individual's origin or citizenship (or intended citizenship) status. Requires that complaints of violations of an immigration-related employment practice be filed with the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (established by this Act) within the Department of Justice. Prohibits the overlap of immigration-related discrimination complaints and discrimination complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Authorizes the Special Counsel to investigate complaints and to determine whether to bring such complaints before a specially trained administrative law judge. Permits private actions if the Special Counsel does not file a complaint within a specified time. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to subject farm labor contractors to the requirements of this Act, beginning seven months after enactment. Makes it illegal to fraudulently misuse or manufacture entry or work documents (up to a $5,000 fine or two years' imprisonment or both). Part B: Improvement of Enforcement and Services - States that essential elements of the immigration control and reform program established by this Act are increased enforcement and administrative activities of the Border Patrol, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and other appropriate Federal agencies. Authorizes increased FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations for: (1) INS; and (2) the Executive Office of Immigration Review. Directs the Attorney General, from funds appropriated to the Department of Justice for INS, to provide for improved immigration and naturalization services and for enhanced community outreach and in-service personnel training. Directs the Attorney General to report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the INS's data processing requirements. Sets forth related equipment acquisition requirements. Revises the criminal penalties for the unlawful transportation of unauthorized aliens into the United States. Directs the Attorney General to develop a contingency plan to provide for the allocation and management of personnel and resources in the event of an immigration emergency. Establishes an immigration emergency fund to be used in accordance with such plan. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the use of such funding unless the President has certified to the appropriate congressional committees that an emergency exists. Requires INS to have an owner's consent or a warrant before entering a farm or outdoor operations to interrogate persons to determine if undocumented aliens are present. Part C: Verification of Status Under Certain Programs - Requires States to verify the immigration status of aliens applying for the following benefits: (1) aid to families with dependent children, medicaid, unemployment compensation, food stamps, and supplemental security income under the Social Security Act; (2) specified housing assistance under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980; and (3) title IV educational assistance under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Provides 90 percent matching funds for the nonlabor costs of implementing and operating such verification programs. Requires: (1) INS to implement such verification program by October 1, 1987; and (2) States to implement such program by October 1, 1988. Title II: Legalization - Directs the Attorney General to adjust to temporary resident status those aliens who: (1) apply within 18 months; (2) establish that they entered the United States before January 1, 1982, and have resided here continuously in an unlawful status (including Cuban/Haitian entrants) since such date; and (3) are otherwise admissible. Authorizes similar status adjustment for specified aliens who entered legally as nonimmigrants but whose period of authorized stay ended before January 1, 1982. (States that in the case of exchange visitors the two-year foreign residence requirement must have been met or waived.) Prohibits the legalization of persons: (1) convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States; or (2) who have taken part in political, religious, or racial persecution. Requires an alien applying for temporary resident status to register under the Military Selective Service Act, if such Act so requires. Directs the Attorney General to adjust the status of temporary resident aliens to permanent resident if the alien: (1) applies during the one-year period beginning with the 13th month following the grant of temporary resident status; (2) has established continuous residence in the United States since the grant of temporary resident status; (3) is otherwise admissible and has not been convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors committed in the United States; and (4) either meets the minimum requirements for an understanding of English and a knowledge of American history and government, or demonstrates the satisfactory pursuit of a course of study in these subjects. Specifies circumstances in which the Attorney General may terminate an alien's temporary resident status. Provides additional guidelines for dealing with temporary resident aliens. Requires the Attorney General to work with designated voluntary agencies to: (1) disseminate program information; and (2) process such aliens. Provides criminal penalties for false application statements. Waives numerical limitations, labor certification, and other specified entry violations for such aliens. Permits the Attorney General to waive other grounds for exclusion (except criminal, most drug-related, and security grounds) to assure family unity or when otherwise in the national interest. Requires the Attorney General to provide an alien, otherwise eligible but unregistered who is apprehended before the end of the application period, an opportunity to apply for the legalization program before deportation or exclusion proceedings are begun. States that such alien shall be authorized to work in the United States pending disposition of the case. Provides for administrative and judicial review of a determination respecting an application for adjustment of status under this Act. Makes legalized aliens (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants) ineligible for Federal financial assistance, Medicaid, or food stamps for five years following a grant of temporary resident status and for five years following a grant of permanent resident status (permits medical assistance, aid to the aged, blind, or disabled, and public health assistance). States that programs authorized under the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, the Headstart-Follow Through Act, the Job Training Partnership Act, subparts 4 and 5 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Public Health Service Act, and title V of the Social Security Act shall not be construed as prohibited assistance. Continues assistance to aliens under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 without regard to adjustment of status. Preempts certain State social security plan requirements to the extent necessary to carry out this Act. Requires the Attorney General to broadly disseminate in English and other appropriate languages information on the legalization program regarding benefits. Establishes procedures for the status adjustment to permanent resident of certain Cuban and Haitian entrants who arrived in the United States before January 1, 1982. Updates from June 30, 1948, to January 1, 1976, the registry date for permanent entry admissions records. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1991 appropriations for State legalization impact assistance grants. Directs the Secretary, subject to appropriated funds, to provide States with: (1) full reimbursement for public assistance provided to eligible legalized aliens; and (2) payments for educational services to such aliens to the extent that such services are otherwise available to State residents. Title III: Reform of Legal Immigration - Part A: Temporary Agricultural Workers - Separates temporary agricultural labor from other temporary labor for purposes of nonimmigrant (H-2A visa) worker provisions. Requires an employer H-2A visa petition to certify that: (1) there are not enough local U.S. workers for the job; and (2) similarly employed U.S. workers' wages and working conditions will not be adversely affected. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to charge application fees. Prohibits the Secretary from approving such petition if: (1) the job is open because of a strike or lock-out; (2) the employer violated temporary worker admissions terms; or (3) in a case where such workers are not covered by State workers' compensation laws, the employer has not provided equivalent protection at no cost to such workers. Provides with regard to agricultural worker applications that: (1) the Secretary may not require such an application to be filed more than 60 days before needed; (2) the employer shall be notified in writing within seven days if such an application requires perfecting; (3) the Secretary shall approve an acceptable application not later than 20 days before needed; (4) the employer shall provide housing and travel and subsistence assistance; and (5) the employer shall pay not less than the adverse effect rate for such occupation which shall be at least the minimum wage. Permits agricultural producer associations to file H-2A petitions. Provides for expedited administrative appeals of denied certifications. Prohibits the entry of aliens as H-2A workers: (1) for longer than the period determined under regulations; and (2) if the alien has violated a term of admission within the previous five years. Authorizes permanent appropriations beginning with FY 1987 for the purposes of: (1) recruiting domestic workers for temporary labor and services which might otherwise be performed by nonimmigrants and agricultural transition workers; and (2) monitoring terms and conditions under which such individuals are employed. Authorizes permanent appropriations beginning in FY 1987 to enable the Secretary of Labor to make determinations and certifications. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish an advisory commission to consult with Mexico and other appropriate countries and advise the Attorney General regarding the temporary worker program. States that specified agricultural workers shall be eligible for legal assistance under the Legal Services Corporation Act. Part B: Other Changes in the Immigration Law - Increases the annual colonial quota from 600 visas to 3000 visas. Requires foreign students to return to the country of their nationality for at least two years after completing their studies before petitioning to return to the United States. Sets forth conditions for the waiver of such requirement. Declares aliens who have obtained certain advanced degrees, or are training for such degrees, eligible for educational visitor status. Prohibits non-waiver students from adjusting to permanent resident status. States that time spent in student or trainee status shall not count for purposes of eligibility for suspension of deportation. Includes within the definition of "special immigrant": (1) unmarried sons and daughters and surviving spouses of employees of certain international organizations; and (2) specified retirees of such organizations ("I" status) and their spouses. Grants nonimmigrant status to: (1) parents and children receiving "I" status while they are minors; and (2) other children of such parents or a surviving "I" status spouse. Authorizes the three-year pilot visa waiver program for up to eight countries providing similar benefits to U.S. visitors. Requires such visitors to the United States to: (1) have a nonrefundable roundtrip ticket; and (2) stay in the United States for not more than 90 days. Includes the relationship between an illegitimate child and its natural father within the definition of "child" for purposes of status, benefits, or privilege under such Act. States that for suspension of deportation purposes, an alien shall not be considered to have failed to maintain continuous physical presence in the United States if the absence did not meaningfully interrupt the continuous physical presence. Title IV: Reports to Congress - Directs the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees on: (1) general legal admissions under the Immigration and Nationality Act; (2) unlawful employment of aliens; and (3) the temporary agricultural worker (H-2A) program. Directs the Civil Rights Commission to monitor and report to such committees on the implementation and enforcement of provisions of this Act that result in unlawful discrimination. Directs the President to make two reports to the Congress on the legalization program established by this Act. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to jointly monitor the visa waiver program established by this Act, and report to the Congress within two years. Title V: State and Local Assistance for Incarceration Costs of Illegal Aliens and Certain Cuban Nationals - Directs the Attorney General to reimburse States and local jurisdictions for the costs incurred in incarcerating illegal aliens and Cuban nationals. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1985
Commission to Investigate Federal Involvement with the Immigration of Nazi Collaborators Act - Establishes the Commission to Investigate Federal Involvement with the Immigration of Nazi Collaborators to: (1) investigate any efforts made by the Government or Federal officials to assist Nazi war criminals and Axis collaborators in entering the United States; and (2) report to the President and the Congress within 18 months of the Commission's first meeting. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1985
Humane Treatment of Immigrant Children Act of 1985 - Prohibits the Immigration and Nationality Service from holding an innocent minor dependent of an alien held for deportation in a place separate from such child's parents or in a criminal environment. Permits an injured person to sue or seek injunctive relief from the Government, and in the same action recover punitive damages from a person acting under governmental authority.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a three-year conditional permanent resident status for certain alien spouses and their sons and daughters. Subjects such aliens to exclusion if the Attorney General determines within such three-year period that: (1) the marriage was entered into to procure the alien's admission into the United States, or such marriage has been terminated; (2) consideration was paid to secure such marriage; or (3) the parties have not maintained a bona fide marital relationship. Establishes a criminal penalty for marriage fraud. Prohibits status adjustment during such conditional permanent resident period. Requires a couple to have previously met in person and speak a common language in order to receive a "K" (fiance) visa.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1985
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) protect the human rights of Miroslav Medvid by not allowing his removal from the United States until a complete investigation can determine whether he has been accorded all rights due him as a possible defector, and until he is accorded such rights; (2) Mr. Medvid is afforded an interview on U.S. soil, with an interpreter fluent in Ukrainian, in an environment free of intimidation and without the presence of Soviet authorities so that he may freely decide whether to restate and have granted his initial asylum request; and (3) pursue an active and impartial investigation into the Medvid case in order to avoid a similar situation in the future.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1985
Confers U.S. citizenship posthumously upon Rudolph Salli.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1985
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should protect the human rights of Miroslav Medvid by not allowing his removal from the United States until a complete investigation can determine whether he has been accorded all rights due him as a possible defector, and until he is accorded such rights; (2) the President should ensure that Mr. Medvid is afforded an interview on U.S. soil, with an interpreter fluent in Ukrainian, in an environment free of intimidation and without the presence of Soviet authorities so that he may freely decide whether to restate and have granted his initial asylum request; (3) all Federal agencies involved in the handling of Mr. Medvid's case should review their policies regarding political asylum; (4) the Immigration and Naturalization Service should establish clear rules and procedures designed to prevent the forced return of a person seeking political asylum; and (5) the Attorney General should pursue an active investigation in the Medvid case in order to avoid a similar situation in the future.
Germany · German Bundestag · 6 November 1985
Korrektur der einkommenssteuerlichen Benachteiligung ausländischer Arbeitnehmer mit im Ausland lebenden Kindern, Wiederherstellung der früheren Regelung durch Gewährung von Kinder-, Ausbildungs- und Haushaltsfreibeträgen auch bei nicht uneingeschränkt einkommensteuerpflichtigen Kindern, Wegfall des §32 Abs.2 EStG
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the owner or operator of an international bridge or toll road to request the Attorney General to inspect and approve measures taken to prevent aliens from illegally crossing into the United States. States that such approved measures shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with obligations under such Act to prevent illegal entries.
Germany · German Bundestag · 22 October 1985
Zusammenhang zwischen der Vereinbarung mit der DDR über eine Erhöhung des Swing und des Ein- und Weiterreiseverbots nach West-Berlin für Tamilen ohne Visum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Ausdehnung der Praxis des Zurückhaltens von Durchreisenden nach West-Berlin auf Iraner und Personen anderer Nationalität, Schutz der ethnischen Minderheit der Tamilen, Anerkennung von Personen aus Sri Lanka als Asylberechtigte, Voraussetzungen für die Erteilung eines gültigen Visums
Germany · German Bundestag · 22 October 1985
Bereitschaft der Hamburger Behörden zur Aufnahme der Gefangenen, Ablehnung einer Einreise- und Aufenthaltserlaubnis durch das BMI, Einschätzung des Sicherheitsrisikos von Zuniga und Garcia durch die deutsche Botschaft von Santiago, Zuständigkeit des Auswärtigen Amtes, Überprüfungsverfahren und Entscheidungskriterien in ähnlichen Fällen
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1985
Requires the written application for a passport to contain the social security account number of the applicant.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1985
States that a person shall be considered an American national if such person completes 15 years of lawful continuous residence in the United States or American Samoa, and one of his or her parents was a national of the United States and a resident of the United States or American Samoa at the time of that person's birth.
Germany · German Bundestag · 8 October 1985
Steuerliche Berücksichtigung von im Ausland lebenden Kindern, Gewährung des Haushaltsfreibetrages an ausländische Arbeitnehmer, die das Ehegattensplitting nicht in Anspruch nehmen, Vereinbarkeit der steuerlichen Mehrbelastung mit der Europäischen Konvention über den Status von Wanderarbeitnehmern, Gewährung des Ehegattensplittings für Ehegatten anderer Nationalität, die noch im Ostblock leben, Auswirkung der jetzigen Regelung auf das Steueraufkommen
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special immigrant status for certain Western Hemisphere resident aliens ("Silva class") issued immigrant visa priority dates between June 30, 1968, and January 1, 1977. Waives specified grounds for exclusion. Permits such aliens to adjust to permanent resident status.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1985
Revises, codifies, and enacts without substantive change certain laws relating to aliens and nationality as title 8, United States Code, "Aliens and Nationality." Subdivides such title into the following subtitles: (I) general; (II) immigration; (III) citizenship and nationality; (IV) passports and travel control; and (V) refugees and immigrant programs. Subtitle I: General - Sets forth: (1) definitions and special provisions, for certain nonimmigrants; (2) organization, administration, and authorities of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Bureau of Consular Affairs; and (3) miscellaneous liaison procedural provisions. Subtitle II: Immigration - Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) immigrant and nonimmigrant admissions; (2) exclusion; (3) entry documents and registration; (4) entry and exclusion; (5) alien crew members; (6) deportation and classification changes; and (7) jurisdiction and civil and criminal penalties. Subtitle III: Citizenship and Nationality - Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) citizenship and nationality at birth and collective naturalization; (2) nationality through naturalization; (3) loss of nationality; (4) nationality documents; and (5) citizenship instruction and procedures if a right or privilege as a national is denied. Subtitle IV: Passports and Travel Control - Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) passports; and (2) travel control and related documents. Subtitle V: Refugees - Sets forth refugee provisions respecting: (1) admissions; (2) policy coordination and resettlement and educational assistance; (3) international participation and emergency assistance; and (4) educational assistance.
Germany · German Bundestag · 12 September 1985
Zahl der binationalen Ehen mit einem Ehepartner aus Nicht-EG-Staaten in der EG, Visapflicht für Nicht-EG-Angehörige und Praxis der Visaerteilung, Gleichstellung des betroffenen Personenkreises bei Grenzübertritten innerhalb der EG
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the number of diplomatic visas issued to Soviet citizens or nationals shall not equal or exceed the number of similar visas issued to U.S. citizens or residents by the Soviet Union during the preceding 12 months.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that no immigration reform proposal should be adopted that provides temporary or permanent lawful resident status for aliens illegally in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the temporary admission into the United States of the operators of motor common carriers of passengers.
Germany · German Bundestag · 30 August 1985
Behandlung von Palästinensern in Hinsicht auf Einbürgerungswünsche und die Ausstellung von Fremdenpässen oder Reisepässen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bewertung von Reisedokumenten arabischer Staaten und des Ausweises der UNRWA für palästinensische Flüchtlinge
Germany · German Bundestag · 23 August 1985
Germany · German Bundestag · 14 August 1985
Festnahme von Herrn W. Rose und 20 weiteren Bürgern aus Mauritius auf dem Flughafen Frankfurt, Änderung der Einreisestempel in den Pässen und Abschiebung der Betroffenen nach Südafrika
Germany · German Bundestag · 8 August 1985
Verweigerung der Beförderung von Tamilen ohne gültiges Visum einer bundesdeutschen Auslandsvertretung nach Berlin durch die DDR-Fluggesellschaft Interflug, Einwirkung der Bundesregierung auf Fluggesellschaften zu derartigen Beförderungsverweigerungen, Anweisungen der Bundesregierung an bundesdeutsche Auslandsvertretungen zur Bearbeitung von Anträgen politischer Flüchtlinge auf Erteilung von Einreisevisa für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Herkunftsländer von Asylbewerbern, für die das Zwischenlandungsprinzip aufgehoben wurde
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1985
United States Immigration Court Act of 1985 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a United States Immigration Court, consisting of a 70-judge trial and a six-judge appellate division. Sets forth jurisdictional provisions and appellate review procedures. Grants jurisdiction to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to review immigration matters such as deportation, exclusion, and asylum. Provides for exclusion without hearing under specified circumstances. Permits any alien physically present in the United States or at a land border or port of entry to apply for asylum unless exclusion or deportation proceedings have been instituted. Prescribes conditions under which asylum shall be considered even where exclusion or deportation proceedings have been instituted. Provides for a public asylum hearing and requires aliens to be advised of right of counsel. Sets forth effective dates and transition procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1985
Confers U.S. citizenship on Mrs. Mary Josephine Kaskiewicz, posthumously.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1985
Immigration Control and Legalization Amendments Act of 1985 - Title I: Control of Illegal Immigration - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it unlawful for a person or other entity to: (1) hire, or recruit, or refer for a fee for U.S. employment any alien knowing that such person is unauthorized to work, or any person without verifying his or her work status; or (2) continue to employ an alien knowing of such person's unauthorized work status. Makes verification compliance an affirmative defense to any violation in the hiring or referral of an alien. Applies the sanctions under this Act to employers of four or more employees. Establishes an employment verification system. Requires: (1) the employer to attest, on a form developed by the Attorney General, that the employee's work status has been verified by examination of a passport, birth certificate, social security card, alien documentation papers, or other proof; (2) the worker to similarly attest that he or she is a U.S. citizen or national, or authorized alien; and (3) the employer to keep such records for the period required by regulation. Sets forth penalties for unlawful employment of unauthorized aliens. Makes it an unfair immigration-related employment practice for an employer of four or more employees to discriminate against any individual (other than an unauthorized alien) with respect to hiring, or recruitment or referral for fee, because of such individual's origin or citizenship status. Requires that complaints of violations of an immigration-related employment practice be filed with the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (established by this Act) within the Department of Justice. Prohibits the overlap of immigration-related discrimination complaints and discrimination complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Authorizes the Special Counsel to investigate complaints and to determine whether to bring such complaints before a specially trained administrative law judge. Provides for the conduct of hearings, orders as determined by an administrative law judge, and review of such orders in accordance with provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. Directs the Attorney General to disseminate information to employers and the public regarding provisions of this title. Directs the Attorney General to conduct a three-year demonstration project to determine a method to validate the social security account numbers of employment applicants and report to the appropriate congressional committees on its results. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to subject farm labor contractors to the requirements of this Act, beginning seven months after enactment. Makes it illegal to fraudulently misuse or manufacture entry or work documents (up to $5,000 fine or two years' imprisonment or both). States that two essential elements of the immigration control and reform program established by this Act are increased enforcement and service activities of the border patrol of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and other appropriate Federal agencies. Authorizes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Justice for: (1) the Immigration and Naturalization Service for FY 1986 and 1987; and (2) the Executive Office of Immigration Review for FY 1986 and 1987. Requires that funds provided for the INS be used to improve immigration and naturalization services and for enhanced community outreach and in-service training of personnel. Revises the criminal penalties for the unlawful transportation of unauthorized aliens into the United States. Directs the Attorney General to develop a contingency plan to provide for the allocation and management of personnel and resources in the event of an immigration emergency. Establishes an immigration emergency fund to be used in accordance with such plan. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the use of such funding unless the President has certified to the appropriate congressional committees that an emergency exists. Requires INS to have an owner's consent or a warrant before entering a farm or outdoor operations to interrogate persons to determine if undocumented aliens are present. Title II: Legalization - Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to temporary resident status those aliens who: (1) apply within 18 months; (2) establish that they entered the United States before January 1, 1982, and have resided here continuously in an unlawful status (including Cuban/Haitian entrants) since such date; and (3) are otherwise admissible. Authorizes similar status adjustment for specified aliens who entered legally as nonimmigrants but whose period of authorized stay ended before January 1, 1982. (States that in the case of exchange visitors the two-year foreign residence requirements must have been met or waived.) Prohibits the legalization of persons: (1) convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States; or (2) who have taken part in political, religious, or racial persecution. Requires an alien applying for temporary resident status to register under the Military Selective Service Act, if such Act so requires. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust the status of temporary resident aliens to permanent resident if the alien: (1) applies during the one-year period beginning with the 13th month following the grant of temporary resident status; (2) established continuous residence in the United States since the grant of temporary resident status; (3) is otherwise admissible and has not been convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors committed in the United States; and (4) either meets the minimum requirements for an understanding of English and a knowledge of American history and government, or demonstrates the satisfactory pursuit of a course of study in these subjects. Specifies circumstances in which the Attorney General may terminate an alien's temporary resident status. Provides additional guidelines for dealing with temporary resident aliens. Requires the Attorney General to work with designated voluntary agencies to: (1) disseminate program information; and (2) process such aliens. Provides criminal penalties for false application statements. Waives numerical limitations, labor certification, and other specified entry violations for such aliens. Permits the Attorney General to waive other grounds for exclusion (except criminal, most drug-related, and security grounds) to assure family unity or when otherwise in the national interest. Requires the Attorney General to provide an alien otherwise eligible but unregistered who is apprehended before the end of the application period, an opportunity to apply for the legalization program before deportation or exclusion proceedings are begun. States that such alien shall be authorized to work in the United States pending disposition of the case. Provides for administrative and judicial review of a determination respecting an application for adjustment of status under this Act. Makes legalized aliens (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants) ineligible for Federal financial assistance, Medicaid, or food stamps for five years following a grant of temporary resident status and for five years following a grant of permanent resident status (permits medical assistance, aid to the aged, blind, or disabled, and public health assistance). States that programs authorized under the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, the Headstart-Follow Through Act, the Job Training Partnership Act, subparts 4 and 5 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Public Health Service Act, and title V of the Social Security Act shall not be construed as prohibited assistance. Continues assistance to aliens under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 without regard to adjustment of status. Preempts certain State social security plan requirements to the extent necessary to carry out this Act. Requires the Attorney General to broadly disseminate in English and other appropriate languages information on the legalization program regarding benefits. Establishes procedures for the status adjustment to permanent resident of certain Cuban and Haitian entrants who arrived in the United States before January 1, 1982. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991 for State legalization impact assistance grants. Declares the purpose of such grants to provide public and educational assistance to newly legalized aliens to the extent such assistance is available to citizens of the State. Describes required reports, statements, and audits respecting State eligibility for such grants. Title III: Reform of Legal Immigration - Separates temporary agricultural labor from other temporary labor for purposes of nonimmigrant (H-2A visas) worker provisions. Requires an employer H-2A visa petition to certify that: (1) there are not enough local U.S. workers for the job; and (2) similarly employed U.S. workers wages and working conditions will not be adversely affected. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to charge application fees. Prohibits the Secretary from approving such petition if: (1) the job is open because of a strike or lock-out; (2) the employer violated temporary worker admissions terms; or (3) in a case where such workers are not covered by State workers' compensation laws, the employer has not provided equivalent protection at no cost to such workers. Provides with regard to agricultural worker applications that: (1) the Secretary may not require such an application to be filed more than 60 days before needed; (2) the employer shall be notified in writing within seven days if such an application requires perfecting; (3) the Secretary shall approve an acceptable application not later than 20 days before needed; and (4) employers may provide payment of a reasonable housing allowance in lieu of furnishing housing. Permits agricultural producer associations to file H-2A petitions. Provides for expedited administrative appeals of denied certifications. Prohibits the entry of aliens as H-2A workers: (1) for longer than the period determined under regulations; and (2) if the alien has violated a term of admission within the previous five years. Authorizes permanent appropriations for the purposes of: (1) recruiting domestic workers for temporary labor and services which might otherwise be performed by nonimmigrants and agricultural transition workers; and (2) monitoring terms and conditions under which such individuals are employed. Authorizes permanent appropriations to enable the Secretary of Labor to make determinations and certifications. Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Agriculture, to establish a three-year agricultural labor transition program. Provides that the number of undocumented agricultural workers be reduced by one-third for each of the three years. Provides such transitional workers with the same benefits and protections as other migrant and seasonal workers. Sets forth employer participation requirements. Increases the colonial quota from 600 to 3,000. Requires foreign students to return to the country of their nationality for at least two years after completing their studies before petitioning to return to the United States. Sets forth conditions for the waiver of such requirement. Declares aliens who have obtained certain advanced degrees, or are training for such degrees, eligible for educational visitor status. Prohibits non-waiver students from adjusting to permanent resident status. States that time spent in student or trainee status shall not count for purposes of eligibility for suspension of deportation. Includes the relationship between an illegitimate child and its natural father within the definition of "child" for purposes of status, benefits, or privilege under such Act. States that for suspension of deportation purposes, an alien shall not be considered to have failed to maintain continuous physical presence in the United States if the absence did not meaningfully interrupt the continuous physical presence. Title IV: Reports to Congress - Requires the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees on: (1) general legal admissions under the Immigration and Nationality Act; (2) unlawful employment of aliens; (3) the agricultural transition program; and (4) the temporary agricultural worker (H-2A) program. Directs the Civil Rights Commission to monitor and report to such committees on the implementation and enforcement of provisions of this Act that result in unlawful discrimination. Requires the President to make two reports to the Congress on the legalization program established by this Act.
Germany · German Bundestag · 9 July 1985
Entwicklung des Ausländerstudiums in den vergangenen Jahren, Zulassungen zu Studienkollegs, Auswirkungen der 14. VO zur Änderung der VO zur Durchführung des Ausländergesetzes, Berücksichtigung hier aufgewachsener Ausländer im ZVS-Verfahren, Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs zur Förderung von Studenten aus EG-Ländern, Probleme von Studenten aus Entwicklungsländern, Stipendienvergabe, Studienangebot der Fachhochschulen, Berücksichtigung entwicklungspolitischer Fragestellungen, Reintegrationsmaßnahmen für Studenten aus Entwicklungsländern, Nachbetreuung von Stipendiaten, Studienabbrüche ausländischer Studenten, Instrumente zur Förderung des Ausländerstudiums
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from the naturalization English language requirement any person who: (1) is at least 65 years old; (2) has lived in the United States for at least five years; and (3) has made diligent efforts to learn English.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1985
Amends title VI (International Education Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add a new part C, National Migration Studies Centers. (Redesignates the current part C as part D of such title.) Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education, or combinations of such institutions, to establish, strengthen, and operate centers to increase access to research and training in migration studies of the United States and other nations. Sets forth authorized activities for such centers and authorized uses for such grants, including funds for stipends to individuals undergoing training in such centers, with allowances for dependents and for travel for research and study in the United States and abroad.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for posthumous naturalization by reason of death while on active-duty service in the armed forces during periods of military hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Cuban Government is thwarting the human rights of Cubans and suspending an agreement which benefits both the Cuban Government and its people and the United States Government and its people by suspending immigration privileges in retaliation for uncensored news (Radio Marti) to Cuba.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from the naturalization English language requirement any person who: (1) is at least 65 years old; (2) has lived in the United States for at least five years; and (3) has made diligent efforts to learn English.
European Union · EUR-Lex · 13 June 1985
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that a person born outside the United States and its possessions to mixed alien and citizen parents shall be a U.S. citizen at birth if the citizen parent was physically present in the United States or its possessions for two years in the aggregate (presently must have been present for ten years, at least five of which were after attaining the age of 14 years). Provides that a child who is under 18 years old at the time of enactment of this Act, and whose parents fulfilled the two-year requirement at the time of the child's birth, shall be a U.S. citizen.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1985
Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1985 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations for refugee assistance. Requires an agency receiving initial resettlement grants to: (1) provide quarterly performance and finance reports; (2) notify local welfare offices when a refugee is offered employment; (3) notify, upon request, local welfare offices of any cash assistance provided directly by such agency to a refugee; (4) assure that refugees with medical conditions affecting the public health report to the appropriate health agency in their resettlement area; and (5) fulfill its responsibility to provide the basic needs of each refugee. Requires the Federal agency administering the program of initial resettlement to establish criteria for the performance of agencies receiving such grants. Provides cash and medical assistance for refugees who would otherwise be eligible for aid to families with dependent children or medical assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Terminates refugee cash assistance for three months for refusal to accept employment (six months for subsequent refusals). Prohibits: (1) such cash or medical assistance grants from being given as block or consolidated grants; or (2) the Director from delegating grant review or approval authority to the States or their political subdivisions. Permits per capita grants to be made available to States if requested and used for demonstration projects. Directs the Attorney General to pay compensation to States and counties for costs incurred in incarcerating certain Cuban nationals who were allowed U.S. entry in 1980 and who were subsequently convicted of violating State or county law.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1985
Refugee Assistance Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations under such Act and under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980. States that an agency receiving a refugee assistance resettlement grant or contract shall be responsible for a refugee's subsistence needs during the initial 90-day resettlement period. Limits the number of refugees covered by the annual congressional report.
Germany · German Bundestag · 24 May 1985
<b>Inhalt:</b> Förderung des Baus oder Erwerbs von Wohneigentum durch ausländische Arbeitnehmer aus Nicht-EG-Staaten bei Verlassen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland auf Dauer, Gewährung der Bausparverträge, mit deren Auszahlung bis zum 31.12.1993 begonnen worden ist und soweit die Bausparsumme 60000 DM nicht übersteigt, Änderung des Einkommensteuergesetzes und des Wohnungsbau-Prämiengesetzes. Schätzungsweise entstehen ab 1986 Kosten von 14,5 Mio DM jährlich für den Bund und 0,5 Mio DM für die Länder. <br><br><b>Änderungen aufgrund der Ausschußempfehlung:</b> Zulassung der Zwischenfinanzierung von Bauspardarlehen in den Regelungen des Gesetzes. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Ausländer * Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer * Wohneigentum * Bausparen * Einkommensteuergesetz/Änderung §§ 10 und 52 EStG betr. Wiedereingliederungshilfe im Wohnungsbau für rückkehrende Ausländer * Wohnungsbau-Prämiengesetz/Änderung §§ 2 und 10 des Wohnungsbau- Prämiengesetzes betr. Wiedereingliederungshilfe im Wohnungsbau für rückkehrende Ausländer
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1985
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1985 - Title I: Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A: Funding for Improved Enforcement - Expresses the sense of the Congress that resources should be increased for: (1) border patrol and other enforcement activities; and (2) examinations and other Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) service activities. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize FY 1986 and 1987 INS appropriations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) U.S. immigration laws should be vigorously and uniformly enforced; and (2) in so doing the rights and safety of U.S. citizens and aliens should be safeguarded. Authorizes additional appropriations to the Department of Labor for enforcement activities of the Wage and Hour Division and the Office of Contract Compliance. Authorizes alien user fees with respect to INS facilities and services. Part B: Increased Penalties for Immigration-Related Violations - Makes it unlawful to: (1) bring an alien into the United States knowing, or in reckless disregard of the fact, that such alien has not received prior authorization to enter the country; and (2) fraudulently misuse or manufacture entry or work documents. Prohibits adjustment of status to permanent resident for violators of (nonimmigrant) visa terms. Part C: Control of Unauthorized Employment of Aliens - Makes it unlawful for a person to knowingly hire, maintain in his or her employment, or refer or recruit for a fee any alien not authorized to work. Makes the following of the verification procedure set forth in this Act an affirmative defense to any unlawful hiring charge. Sets forth such verification system. Requires an employer of four or more persons to attest, under penalty of perjury, that he or she has examined an employee's identification and work authorization papers. Requires an employee to attest, under penalty of perjury, to his or her citizenship or legal work status. Requires an employer to keep verification forms for: (1) three years in the case of referral or recruitment; or (2) the later of three years or one year after employment termination in the case of hiring. Directs the President to monitor and evaluate such verification system, and implement changes as necessary within 60 days after notifying the appropriate congressional committees (within two years for a major change). Authorizes demonstration projects. Prohibits the use of such system or any required identification document for other law enforcement purposes. Sets forth graduated civil penalties and cease and desist orders for verification violations. Provides for: (1) private party complaints; and (2) a six-month warning period. Separates temporary agricultural labor ("N" visa) from other temporary labor for purposes of nonimmigrant worker provisions. Requires an employer visa petition to certify that: (1) there are not enough local U.S. workers for the job; and (2) similarly employed U.S. workers' wages will not be adversely affected. Permits the Secretary of Labor to charge application fees. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a petition if: (1) the job is open because of a strike or lock-out; or (2) the employer has violated previous certification terms within the past two years. Provides with regard to temporary agricultural workers that: (1) employers need not submit such petition more than 65 days in advance of need; (2) the Secretary must notify an employer if there is a petition error within 14 days; (3) the Secretary must decide on a petition within 20 days of need; (4) producer associations may file such petitions; and (5) the Secretary shall establish expedited procedures for review of denied petitions or de novo administrative hearings. Disqualifies from such program an alien who within the past five years has violated a condition of a previous temporary worker admission. Authorizes the transfer of such workers among employers. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1986 to recruit domestic workers and monitor such program. Prohibits such alien workers from adjusting their status to permanent resident. Directs the Attorney General in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture and Labor to approve program regulations. Establishes a three-year agricultural labor transition program whereby certain undocumented seasonal agricultural workers may continue to be employed. Reduces the number of such workers by one-third during each of the three years. Establishes a 12-member agricultural worker commission to review and report to the Congress within two years on U.S. agricultural labor programs. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates such commission 27 months after the effective date of this Act. Title II: Legalization of Status - Establishes a 16-member Select Commission on Legalization to monitor and review: (1) the border review and other Federal enforcement programs; and (2) Federal programs aimed at eliminating the employment of unauthorized aliens. Requires annual reports to the Congress beginning within one year after a majority of the Commission's members are appointed. Terminates such Commission upon the effective date of the legalization program, except that it may continue to function for up to 90 days in order to conclude its activities. Authorizes temporary resident status for: (1) illegal aliens who have been physically present in the United States since before January 1, 1980; or (2) Cuban/Haitian entrants granted special status prior to January 1, 1981. Authorizes persons granted such temporary status to adjust to permanent resident status three years after receiving temporary status. Requires a demonstration of basic citizenship skills. Requires aliens to apply for temporary legalization status within a 12-month period beginning 90 days after such program becomes effective. Permits such temporary residents to: (1) travel abroad; and (2) work in the United States. Authorizes the use of qualified organizations approved by the Attorney General to assist in program implementation and outreach. Provides penalties for false application statements. Establishes a legalization fee of at least $100. Requires that corroborated employment information be submitted with the legalization application. Prohibits legalization of an alien who: (1) has been convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States; (2) has been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude or a drug offense other than possession of less than 30 grams of marijuana; (3) is a threat to the security or welfare of the United States; or (4) has assisted in political, religious, or racial persecution, including the Nazi persecutions. Permits waiver of residency requirements to avoid situations of family hardship. Makes legalized temporary residents (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants) and permanent resident for the first three years ineligible for Federal public assistance. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with designated agencies and the Secretary of Labor, to disseminate program information. Authorizes specified appropriations for three years for reimbursement of State legalization costs. Bases distribution among the States on: (1) the number of legalized aliens within the State; (2) the ratio of such aliens to the number of State residents; (3) the amount of a State's estimated program expenditures; and (4) the ratio of a State's program expenditures to the total expenditure of all States. Requires States to submit annual program reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Title III: Other Changes in the Immigration Law - Increases the annual colonial quota from 600 to 3,000 visas. Authorizes the three-year pilot visa waiver program for up to eight countries providing similar benefits to U.S. visitors. Requires such visitors to the United States to: (1) have a nonrefundable roundtrip ticket; and (2) stay in the United States for not more than 90 days. Includes within the definition of "special immigrant" unmarried sons and daughters and surviving spouses of employees of certain international organizations ("I" status). Grants nonimmigrant status to: (1) parents and children receiving "I" status while they are minors; and (2) other children of such parents or a surviving "I" status spouse. Title IV: Reports - Directs the President to transmit to the Congress: (1) not later than January 1, 1987, and not later than January 1 of every third year thereafter, a comprehensive immigration-impact report; and (2) annual reports for five years on unauthorized alien employment and discrimination in employment. Directs the Comptroller General to report annually for five years to the Congress and to the task force (as provided for by this Act) on the impact of the employer sanctions program. Directs the Attorney General jointly with the Chairman of the Civil Rights Commission and the Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, to establish a task force to review the Comptroller General's report. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to jointly monitor the pilot visa waiver program and report to the Congress within two years. Directs the President to submit to the Congress an initial and a second report (three years after the first report) on the impact of the legalization program.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1985
Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to extend the income and eligibility verification system so as to require an applicant or benefit recipient, as a condition of eligibility for or receipt of benefits under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of such Act, title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of such Act, title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, the food stamp program, or the unemployment insurance compensation program, to declare in writing whether or not he or she is a U.S. citizen, and, if a U.S. citizen his or her immigration status and file number.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1985
Provides additional immigrant visas for aliens of countries whose 1955 through 1965 U.S. immigration figures do not exceed specified levels as provided for by this Act. Distributes such visas as follows: (1) 40 percent under family preference status (as provided for under the Immigration and Nationaltiy Act); (2) 30 percent under work preference status; and (3) 30 percent to nonpreference aliens.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1985
Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to extend the income and eligibility verification system so as to require an applicant or benefit recipient, as a condition of eligibility for or receipt of benefits under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of such Act, title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of such Act, title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, the food stamp program, or the unemployment insurance compensation program, to declare in writing whether or not he or she is a U.S. citizen, and, if a U.S. citizen his or her immigration status and file number. Requires the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to implement a verification system of immigration status to be made available to all States by October 1, 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1985
International Organization Staffs' Children, Survivors, and Retirees Act of 1985 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the definition of "special immigrant" unmarried sons and daughters and surviving spouses of employees of certain international organizations ("I" status). Grants nonimmigrant status to: (1) parents of children receiving "I" status while they are minors; and (2) other children of such parents or a surviving "I" status spouse.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the temporary admission into the United States of the operators of motor common carriers of passengers.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1985
Immigrant Repatriation Study Act - Directs the Attorney General to study the problem of indigent, elderly immigrants who wish to return to their home countries but cannot afford the transportation costs to do so. Requires a report to the Congress within 12 months.