Speech #940092671

First. there Is evidence that there has been a significant decline in the number of permits issued since the redelegation of authority. Congressman GEORGE BROWN. JR.. reports that the number of permits granted by the Los Angeles Immigration Office declined by 75 percent from 1973 to 1974. Second. the decision affects many students who arrived in the United States under visa issuance rules which presumed that permission for offcampus summer employment would be granted under more liberalized conditions. At the University of Minnesota. 80 percent of the nonimmigrant foreign students fall into this category. Third. the transfer of authority has June. 24. 1975 resulted in uneven application of the "unforeseen change in circumstances" test.