This bill is designed to help attract new jobs from the latter source. What I am recommending in this bill is not a new idea. It is based on one of the recommendations made in 1981 by the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy and contained in S. 358. the Immigration Act of 1989 which passed the Senate last July. My recommendation allows more flexibility in determining what is job creation. for example. by counting expansion of existing facilities and investments which would save failing industries and protect jobs which would otherwise be lost. In addition. I have tried to target this provision on States or areas within States suffering from high unemployment. However. if the maximum number of visas allowed has not been reached by the end of the third quarter of any year. the remainder can be made available to those who plan to invest in other areas. Similar to S. 358. I have also tried to make sure that visas made available in this category do not come at the expense of family reunification. This is and should remain a principal goal of U.S. immigration policy. The number of visas I have allocated for those meeting the job creation criteria I have specified will be in addition to the worldwide levels in effect in any one year. I have also included the requirement set forth in S. 358 that the job creation. or savings. be permanent. Just as we have recognized the need for workers with special Job skills to enter our labor force to help keep our Nation competitive.
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