About half of the Korean orphans and onethird of the Japanese orphans were adopted in the States of California. Washington. and Oregon. while New York is the principal State of residence of Greek and Italian orphans. Two sections of Public Law 85316 were designed to facilitate the entry of immigrants chargeable to the first. second. and third preference portions of the immigration quotas allocated to various countries. That purpose was achieved by converting the preferential quota immigrant cases pending on July 1. 1957. into nonquota status. Under these provisions of Public Law 85316. the United States labor force has so far gained 2.153 highly skilled immigrants. The principal occupational skills of these aliens. who have now become permanent residents of the United States. are: engineers. 446. physicians and surgeons. 321. tailors. 177. professors and teachers. 160. nurses. 96. chemists. 72. toolmakers and dyemakers. 71. religious workers. 53. and so forth. Italy. China. the Philippines. Turkey. Greece. and Hungary were the principal countries of birth of the skilled immigrants admitted into the United States. 842 of the alien skilled specialists were born in the various countries of Asia. Under the provisions of Public Law 85316 affecting close relatives of United States citizens and lawfully residing alienssecond and third preference2.301 parents of United States citizens and 13.909 spouses and children of permanently residing aliens were admitted into the United States. By far. the greatest number in this category were natives of Italy. 75 percent. while 3 percent were natives of Greece. 2.7 percent natives of Poland. and 2 percent Yugoslavia.
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