11.   But they face opposition from key Democrats and President Clinton, who believe that boosting the temporary visas for educated workers can cost American workers their jobs.

12.   Data from elsewhere show that much of the net growth is due to an increase in foreign students on temporary visas.

13.   Employers can petition the government to grant permanent U.S. residency in place of the temporary visa.

14.   First, the patients must be able to get a tourist or temporary visa in their countries and come up with the money for the airline ticket.

15.   Fleischer later confused matters further by indicating that the administration might define a temporary visa program so loosely as to become a virtual amnesty.

16.   Granting temporary visa holders meaningful rights is also important to low-skilled American workers.

17.   In keeping with his moderate stance, he backed both increased border enforcement and the expanded use of special temporary visas for immigrant workers.

18.   In most instances, applicants for temporary visas are not required to present police background check certificates, he said.

19.   In recent years, the U.S. Department of Labor has certified local shortages of ski instructors and motel janitors, allowing Colorado resorts to import workers on temporary visas.

20.   Initially, a provision of the Chirac bill required French citizens to inform the authorities immediately if they have a foreign guest whose temporary visa has lapsed.