| Nonimmigrants - Commercial Truck Drivers |
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| Alien travelers wishing to enter the United States on a temporary basis must obtain visas, which entitle them to present themselves at an U.S. port-of-entry and to request admission to the country. If they are transporting cargo in the stream of international commerce, commercial truck drivers may be eligible for a travel visa for a business traveler, known as a B-1 visa.
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| Visa Denials For Lack Of Strong Ties To Home Country |
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| United States law presumes that aliens who wish to travel to the U.S. intend to stay in the U.S. permanently rather than temporarily. For this reason, aliens who want to visit the U.S. temporarily must prove that the purpose of their trip is temporary before U.S. consular officers will issue nonimmigrant visas.
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| Controlling Alien Admission - Immigrant Visas - Employment-Based Visas - Labor Certification - Schedule B Occupations |
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| The United States Department of Labor is charged with issuing labor certifications to certain aliens who wish to migrate permanently to the U.S. For example, most immigrants who hold advanced degrees or exceptional abilities, who hold bachelor's degrees, who have at least two years' experience as skilled workers, and who will work as unskilled workers in areas for which there are no qualified workers in the U.S. must obtain labor certifications as prerequisites to the issuance of their visas. More... |
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| Specific Acts Impacting Chinese-Nationals |
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| In the late 19th century, many Chinese nationals had immigrated to the United States to work on the railroads and escape troubled times in China. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 authorized the United States government to suspend all Chinese immigration into the United States for a period of 10 years. The Act is historically notable for the fact that it was the first U.S. immigration law targeted at a specific group of nationals. The Act was amended two years later to be even more restrictive, including reducing the situations in which a Chinese immigrant could leave the United States and return to it. The Act was renewed for several decades until it was repealed in 1943 by the Magnuson Act. More... |
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| Mexican Border - BORSTAR |
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| BORSTAR, which stands for Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue Teams of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, is a program that is in place to protect the lives of undocumented aliens crossing the border, as well as the lives of border patrol agents and the public. More... |
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