Fashion models in the Senate

I can't make head nor tail of the Senate immigration bill. It's incredibly long, incredibly complicated, and full of references to other bills, making it to all intents and purposes incomprehensible. So I have no idea what I think of it.

But in among the amendments and additions, it's good to see that someone in the Senate was keeping their priorities straight. Of all the occupations one might expect to see singled out for special attention, I have to say I wouldn't have expected fashion model to be high up the list. But here it is:

SEC. 402. NONIMMIGRANT TEMPORARY WORKER.
(a) Temporary Worker Category- Section 101(a)(15)(H) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)) is amended to read as follows:
`(H) an alien--

`(i)(b) subject to section 212(j)(2)--

`(aa) who is coming temporarily to the United States to perform services (other than services described in clause (ii)(a) or subparagraph (O) or (P)) in a specialty occupation described in section 214(i)(1) or as a fashion model;

`(bb) who meets the requirements for the occupation specified in section 214(i)(2) or, in the case of a fashion model, is of distinguished merit and ability;

Unfortunately, since I'm not familiar with Section 101(a)(15)(H) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)), I don't know what fashion models might now be able to do that they weren't able to do in the past. But I do look forward to reading the jurisprudence on the subject of whether a fashion model "is of distinguished merit and ability".

Posted by Felix at 23:01 EST

Comments

well, there's gotta be a loophole for international prostitution.

oh, did I say that out loud?

Posted by: bafc23 at 16:15 EST, May 30, 2006

There are many fashion models who are not American but who are successfully in American world fashion. They bring a lot of money to American economy by selling their images and I think that some of them, not all, “are of distinguished merit and ability".

Posted by: Heather at 12:02 EST, August 28, 2006