Subject: [hua7291: THE LEGISLATION S.618 ]

From: [email-masked] (Mi Mi)
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 93 22:42:25 CST

Date: Tue, 14 Dec 93 23:36:48 -0500
>From: hua7291 (Mi Mi)
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Subject: THE LEGISLATION S.618 

        This is the received the legislation S.618 concerning the family 
        unity from the office of Senator Paul Simon, which is pending in 
        the congress.

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        103D CONGRESS
           1ST SESSION             S. 618

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                    IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                MARCH 18 (legislative day, MARCH 3), 1993

        Mr. RIEGLE (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SIMON, Mr. DECONCINI, Mr.
            HATFIELD, Mr. GLENN, Mr. ROBB, and Mr. LEVIN) introduced the fol-
            lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
            the Judiciary

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                                A   BILL

        To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the admission
           to the United States of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are
           the spouses and children of United States permanent resident aliens,
           and for other purposes.

                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
           United States of America in Congress assembled,

        SECTION 1. ADMISSION OF CERTAIN "B" AND "F" VISA NONIMMIGRANTS WHO ARE
                   SPOUSES OR CHILDREN OF UNITED STATES PERMANENT RESIDENT
                   ALIENS.
           Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
        1182) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
         subsection:

           (o)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no alien---

           (A) who is the spouse or child of an alien lawfully admitted for
               permanent residence to the United States,
           (B) who seeks admission to the United States for purposes of
               visiting the permanent resident spouse or parent or for studying
               in the United States, and
           (C) who is otherwise qualified,

        may be denied issuance of a visa, or may be denied admission to the
        United States, as a nonimmigrant alien described in section
        101(a)(15)(B) who is coming to the United States temporarily for
        pleasure or as a nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15)(F).

                    (2) Whenever an alien described in paragraph (1) seeks
        admission to the United States as a nonimmigrant alien described in
        section 101(a)(15)(B) who is coming temporarily for pleasure or as a
        nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15)(F), the fact that a
        petition has been filed on the alien's behalf for classification of the
        alien as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence shall not
        constitute evidence of the alien's intention to abandon his or her
        foreign residence.

                    (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any alien-

           (A) who is issued a nonimmigrant visa under paragraph (1),
           (B) who was admitted to the United States,
        and
           (C) who remains in the United States longer than the period
        authorized for such nonimmigrant status,

        shall be ineligible to receive an immigrant visa for a period of up to
        one year after the alien's priority date has been reached, as the
        Secretary of State may determine.

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