Mr. Speaker. I am today introducing a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that parents of lawful resident aliens shall be eligible for second preference immigrant visas. Under the present law. parents of permanent resident aliens must qualify as domestics or skilled workers in order to enter the United States permanently. Without question. this works a hardship on many people. particularly the elderly. who wish to spend their remaining years with their children. By adding parents to the spouses. unmarried sons and unmarried daughters who already qualify for second preference. I think that we would be furthering the goal of uniting families and we would be carrying out the true spirit of the immigration law of 1965.
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