legislation: 97-s-1698

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97-s-1698 97 s 1698 An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide preferential treatment in the admission of certain children of United States citizens. Immigration 1981-10-01 1982-10-22 Became Public Law No: 97-359. Senate Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL] AL R D000259 41 (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. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  

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