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PUBLIC LAW 203-AUG. 7, 1^3

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issuance of visas as between such priorities or as between priority and nonpriority cases under this Act shall be given to— (1) Persons whose services or skills are needed in the United States, if such need has been certified to the Administrator, at his request, by the United States Employment Service and who are to be employed in a capacity calling for such services or such skills; and (2) Persons who are (A) the parents of citizens of the United States, such citizens being at least twenty-one years of age, or (B) spouses or unmarried sons or daughters under twenty-one yeaTs of age, including stepsons or stepdaughters and sons or daughters adopted prior to July 1, 1953, of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or (C) brothers, sisters, sons or daughters of citizens of the United States. SEC, 13. No priority in the consideration of visa applications under this Act shall be given to persons who were determined to be eligible or preliminarily eligible under the provisions of section (2)(c) of 50 ^ifsc^°a^pp. Public Law 774, Eightieth Congress, as amended, solely because such 1951. persons were determined to be so eligible or preliminarily eligible. PERSONS I N E L I G I B L E; OATH O N ADMISSION;

PENALTIES

SEC. 14. (a) No visa shall be issued under this Act to any person who personally advocated or assisted in the persecution of any person or group of persons because of race, religion, or national origin. (b) Before being issued a visa every alien eighteen years of age or older, authorized to be admitted under this Act, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation that he is not and never has been a person specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), or 8 USC 1182. ( j j) of section 212(a) (28) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 184—186), except as provided in subparagraph (I) of such section, and shall be liable to prosecution for perjury if such oath or affirmation is willfully false. If any alien not entitled to be issued a visa under this Act and not entitled to be admitted into the United States shall nevertheless gain admission, such alien shall, regardless of the date of his entry, be taken into custody and deported in the manner provided in sections 242 and 243 of the Immigration and i253y ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^' Nationality Act (66 Stat. 208-214). (c) Any person or persons who shall knowingly violate, conspire to violate, induce or attempt to induce any person to violate any provision of this Act shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $10,000 or shall be imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. APPLICABILITY OF IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT

SEC. 15. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Act all of 8 USC 1101 note, the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163) shall be applicable under this Act. LOANS

SEC. 16. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to make loans not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate, to public or private agencies of the United States for the purpose of financing the transportation from ports of entry within the United States to the places of their resettlement, of persons receiving immigrant visas under this Act, and who lack resources to finance the expenses involved. Such loans, which shall mature not later than June 30, 1963, shall be made under rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this Act: Provided,

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