Sec. 655. New nonimmigrant visa classification to enable informants to enter the United States and remain temporarily
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Section 101(a)(15)(S) ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(S) ) is amended in clause (i), by striking or at the end; in clause (ii), by striking the comma at the end and inserting ; or ; by inserting after clause
(ii)the following: who the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General determines— is in possession of critical reliable information concerning a commercial alien smuggling organization or enterprise or a commercial operation for making or trafficking in documents to be used for entering or remaining in the United States unlawfully; is willing to supply or has supplied such information to a Federal or State court; or whose presence in the United States the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General determines is essential to the success of an authorized criminal investigation, the successful prosecution of an individual involved in the commercial alien smuggling organization or enterprise, or the disruption of such organization or enterprise or a commercial operation for making or trafficking in documents to be used for entering or remaining in the United States unlawfully. ; by inserting , or with respect to clause (iii), the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General after jointly ; and by striking
(i)or
(ii)and inserting (i), (ii), or
(iii). Section 214(k) ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(k) ) is amended— by adding at the end of paragraph
(1)the following: The number of aliens who may be provided a visa as nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(S)(iii) in any fiscal year may not exceed 400. ; and by adding at the end the following: If the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General determines that a nonimmigrant described in clause
(iii)of section 101(a)(15)(S), or that of any family member of such a nonimmigrant who is provided nonimmigrant status pursuant to such section, must be protected, such official may take such lawful action as the official considers necessary to effect such protection. .
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Sec. 655
New nonimmigrant visa classification to enable informants to enter the United States and remain temporarily
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