Mr. Speaker. I am today introducing legislation that will amend the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 to permit the issuance of temporary visas to nonimmigrants who wish to enter the United States temporarily under a contract of employment to perform services or labor. The principal intention of this bill is to provide relief for the many American housewives who wish to secure the services of alien domestics in their homes. and who are finding that there are increasingly long delays before visa numbers are available for these women. The language of the bill is broad enough. however. to apply to other kinds of temporary employment as well. I have long believedand still do believethat the major purpose of the Immigration and Nationality Act is to promote the reuniting of families. Accordingly. I think it is unwise to permit the use of visa numbers available under the law for persons who are coming to this country to work and who. in many. if not most cases. do not intend to become permanent residents. Thus. I would hope that a policy of temporary visas. unlimited in number and not chargeable to the annual worldwide total or to the annual limitation of any given country. would be a solution to this problem. There is no question but that in some areas of the Nation there is a definite shortage of persons who are willing to work as livein domestics. Often. such assistance is needed by working mothers with small children. or by motherless families. or for a variety of other reasons.
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