The purposes of the inclusion of the labor certification provisions into the law is being frustrated by its present operation. Aliens desiring to fill certain jobs where there is a definite need for such workers locally are barred from doing so because workers are deemed to be available nationwide for jobs of that description. This has contributed significantly to the decline in immigration from numerous nations previously having high annual quotas. The pattern of immigration was not intended by Congress to be so markedly disrupted as has occurred by the present application of section 212(a) (14). H.R. 13999 will remedy this highly undesirable situation. It will amend section 212(a) (14) so that the availability of sufficient workers who are able. willing. qualified. and available to fill a certain position is determined at the place to which the alien is destined to perform such skilled or unskilled labor.
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