(Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to give first or fourth visa preference (sons and daughters of U.S. citizens) to an alien who was fathered by a U.S. citizen after 1950 in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, or Thailand. Requires in the case of an alien under 18 years old that sponsorship has been arranged through a licensed welfare agency and that written emigration permission has been given by the mother or guardian. Requires a five-year financial support guarantee (or until the applicant is 21 years old, whichever is longer) signed by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who is at least 21 years old and of good moral character. Requires a sponsor to assume legal custody of an applicant under 18 years old until such applicant's eighteenth birthday. Allows the Attorney General to enforce such guarantee against the sponsor in a civil suit in U.S. district court unless such sponsor dies or is adjudicated bankrupt.
S 1698 - 97An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide preferential treatment in the admission of certain children of United States citizens.
Became Public Law No: 97-359.
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Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 97-359.
Became Public Law No: 97-359.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
Senate agreed to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 842.
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy. Hearings held.
Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from State Department.
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.
Introduced in Senate
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.