How are the preferences for "skills and talents" defined in the new law. Answer. A preference of 10 percent is given to prospective immigrants who are members of the professions or who possess exceptional ability in the sciences or the arts. An additional 10 percent is allocated to persons who are capable of performing skilled or unskilled labor of a type found by the Secretary of Labor to be in short supply in the United States. Question 8. Will all immigration to the United States be within the ceilings mentioned or will there be certain immigrants who are not counted? Answer. Husbands. wives. unmarried children under the age of 21. and parents of U.S. citizens. are exempted from the numerical ceilings.
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