Speech #900026983

The bill will be received and appropriately referred. and. without objection. the bill will be printed in the RECORD. The bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the immigration of aliens seeking to enter the United States to perform labor of a type for which there are not sufficient workers available in the United States. and for other purposes. introduced by Mr. FO. was received. read twice by its title. referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. and ordered to be printed in the RECORD. as follows: S. 1286 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the third sentence of section 203(a)(8) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153). relating to the prohibition against the issuance of immigrant visas to certain aliens seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor. is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Section 212(a) (14) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182). relating to the exclusion of certain aliens seeking to enter the United States to perform skilled or unskilled labor. is amended to read as follows: "(14) Aliens seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor. if the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the Secretary of State and to the Attorney General that (A) sufficient workers in the United States who are able. willing. and qualified are available at the time of application for a visa and for admission to the United States and at the place to which such aliens are destined to perform such skilled or unskilled labor. or (B) the employment of such aliens will adversely affect the wages and working conditions of the workers in the United States similarly employed. The exclusion of aliens under this paragraph shall apply only to special Immigrants defined In section 101(a)(27)(A) (other than the parents. spouses. or children of United States citizens or of aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence). to preference Immigrants described In section 203(a) (3) and (6). and to nonpreference immigrants described In section 203(a) (8).".