Sec. 1. short title and findings
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## Section 1 short title and findings ###
(a)This Act may be cited as the “Virgin Islands Nonimmigrant Alien Adjustment Act of 1982”. ###
(b)Congress finds— ####
(1)that in order to eliminate the uncertainty and insecurity of aliens who— #####
(A)legally entered the Virgin Islands of the United States as nonimmigrants for employment under the temporary alien labor program, #####
(B)have continued to reside in the Virgin Islands for long periods (some for as long as twenty years), and #####
(C)have contributed to the economic, social, and cultural development of the Virgin Islands and have become an integral part of the society of the Virgin Islands, it is necessary and equitable to provide for the orderly adjustment of their immigration status to that of permanent resident aliens; and ####
(2)because— #####
(A)the Congress has special responsibility and authority with respect to the territories and the establishment of immigration policy, and #####
(B)######
(i)the Virgin Islands is a small and densely populated insular territory with limited resources, ######
(ii)most of the aliens eligible for benefits under section 2 of this Act are natives of islands in the Caribbean and have relatives residing in such islands, and such relatives, if they were permitted to immigrate to the United States, are likely to settle in the Virgin Islands, and ######
(iii)the admission of a significant number of these relatives would have a severe and detrimental impact on the limited health, education, housing, and other services available in the Virgin Islands, there is a necessary and compelling need to prevent a secondary migration of a significant number of such relatives to the Virgin Islands.