Speech #900225644

Possible revision of the language of the Labor Clearance procedures (section 212a14) to make it clear that it Is solely an exclusionary item. and to separate it from the consultative features of the third and sixth preferences. 4. A proposed requirement that no person be Issued a certification unless he has had a minimum period of actual working experience in the occupation for which he is seeking certification. 5. A number of proposals to require the continuation In approved employment of a third preference or sixth preference immigrant for some appreciable period of time. possibly under penalty of a presumption of Intended fraud should the immigrant transfer to another occupation during the period. 6. Administration of the refugee provisions and the continued limitations placed on the geographic areas in which section 203(a) (7) applications may be received. 7. A reappraisal of the provisions barring Western Hemisphere natives from adjustment of status to immigrant within the United States in the light of the July 1st Western Hemisphere ceiling of 120.000 annual immigrants. 8. Possible enlargement of the scope of special inquiry officer responsibilities beyond the conduct of exclusion and deportation hearings. 9. Proposals by the Select Commission on Western Hemisphere Immigration proposing individual country ceilings and exempting Cuban refugees from the 120.000 total. These are merely some of the subjects which will be raised during our hearings. We anticipate productive sessions.