A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of nonimmigrant alien students who knowingly participated in a violent political demonstration or otherwise participated in activities inconsistent with the terms of their admittance to the United States.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

8 November 1979

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students who knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting in, or intending to result in, injury or damage to another's person or property. Permits the Attorney General to suspend deportation of such foreign students.

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summary · EN · 8 November 1979
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/5848
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