Mr. President. I am today introducing the Immigration Reform Act of 1989. thereby emphasizing that a reevaluation of our legal immigration policy is long overdue. This Nation has always had a very generous immigration policy. admitting more immigrants each year than all other nations combined. There are three principal aspects to the bill I am introducing. First. it alleviates the future shortage of skilled workers by increasing employersponsored visasthe third and sixth preferencesby 42.200. The third preference allows an employer to bring in professionals who are in short supply. or people with "exceptional abilities." Under the sixth preference. an employer can bring in skilled workers who are in short supply. Second. my bill provides a more modest increase in the national level of immigration. Third. my legislation keeps a limited definition of the fifth preference. The fifth preference presently allows a citizen to bring in his brothers. his sisters. and their families.
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