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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 · Sec. 315

Sec. 315. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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## SEC. 315 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ###
(a)Equal Treatment of Fathers Section 101(b)(1)(D) (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(D)) is amended by inserting “or to its natural father if the father has or had a bona fide parent-child relationship with the person” after “natural mother”.8 8Note that §210(a) of Pub. L. 100–459 (102 Stat. 2203) amended §101(b)(2) of the INA; the change was made permanent by §611(a) of the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1990 (P.L. 101–162, 103 Stat. 1038–1039); see footnote 35 to such section. ###
(b)Suspension of Deportation for Certain Aliens **[**Omitted; added a paragraph
(2)at the end of §244(b).**]** ###
(c)Sense of Congress Respecting Treatment of Cuban Political Prisoners It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should provide for the issuance of visas to nationals of Cuba who are or were imprisoned in Cuba for political activities without regard to section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)). ###
(d)Denial of Crew Member Nonimmigrant Visa in Cases of Strikes ####
(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), during the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, an alien may not be admitted to the United States as an alien crewman (under section 101(a)(15)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(D)) for the purpose of performing service on board a vessel or aircraft at a time when there is a strike in the bargaining unit of the employer in which the alien intends to perform such service. ####
(2)Paragraph
(1)shall not apply to an alien employee who was employed before the date of the strike concerned and who is seeking admission to enter the United States to continue to perform services as a crewman to the same extent and on the same routes as the alien performed such services before the date of the strike. ###
(e)The amendment made by subsection (b)(1) shall apply to applications submitted under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act; but shall not apply to aliens removed from the United States before the date of the enactment of this Act. # TITLE IV REPORTS TO CONGRESS
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  • Pub. L. 100-459
  • 102 Stat. 2203
  • 103 Stat. 1038
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Sec. 315
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100-459
Stat.102 Stat. 2203
Stat.103 Stat. 1038
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