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Sec. 3 · H.R. 6847

Processing of H–2A worker petitions

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Section 218(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1188(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking Attorney General and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (3) The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to begin processing a petition for the admission of an alien as an H–2A worker while the Secretary of Labor processes the application for a certification described in paragraph (1)..