legislation: 101-s-953
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| 101-s-953 | 101 | s | 953 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the grounds for exclusion from admission into the United States. | Immigration | 1989-05-09 | 1990-07-19 | Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs. Approved for full committee consideration without amendment favorably. | Senate | Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] | WY | R | S000429 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the following classes of aliens ineligible to receive visas for admission into the United States: (1) any alien with a communicable disease of public health significance, or who is less than 19 years old and has not received the necessary immunizations; (2) any alien with a record of recent physical or mental disorder that poses a threat to property or safety; (3) any alien with a drug addiction; (4) any alien convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors; (5) any alien convicted of specified drug violations or involved in drug trafficking; (6) any alien who aids any other alien in illegal entry; (7) any alien ineligible for U.S. citizenship, including a person who left or remained outside the United States to avoid U.S. military service in time of war or national emergency; (8) any alien who has participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, or social group or political opinion; (9) any alien seeking to enter the United States to engage in espionage activities; (10) any alien who has engaged in terrorist activity (or belonged to a terrorist group) or is likely to engage in such activity; (11) any alien who has been a member or affiliated with the Communist or other totalitarian party, related group, or labor organization (with specified exceptions); (12) any alien whose entry would endanger the lives or property of U.S. citizens abroad; (13) any alien whose entry would convey the impression of U.S. support for a government or group that the United States does not recognize or support, or whose entry would have a serious negative effect on U.S. diplomatic relations; (14) any alien who has engaged in prostitution, or procurement of prostitutes, within ten years of the date of application for U.S. entry; (15) any alien who is likely to become a public charge; (16) any excluded or deported alien, unless the Attorney General consents to readmission; (17) any alien stowaway; (18) any alien seeking to enter the United States to perform skilled labor, unless there are insufficient qualified U.S. workers; (19) any alien seeking to enter the United States by fraud or the willful misrepresentation of a material fact; (20) any immigrant or nonimmigrant not in possession of a valid passport and entry document at the time of admission; (21) any alien (other than a refugee, asylee, or permanent resident) 16 years or older who cannot read and understand some language; (22) any alien from an unaccredited medical school coming to the United States to perform medical services, unless such alien has passed specified medical exams and is competent in English; (23) any alien accompanying another alien ordered to be deported whose protection is required by the deportee; and (24) any alien who leaves the United States with the child of a U.S. citizen having legal custody of such child. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z |