their neighboring towns across the border, in all cases re-
specting the applicable international treaties and conven-
tions. 
SEC. 207. DUTY OF GROUND, SEA, AND AIR TRANSPORT 
CARRIERS. 
The representatives and employees of ground, sea, 
and air transport carriers shall be required to verify that 
the foreign citizens and nationals the carriers bring into 
the country are duly documented. 
SEC. 208. PROHIBITION ON MARITIME TRANSPORT DISEM-
BARKATION WITHOUT INSPECTION. 
No passenger nor crew member arriving by maritime 
transport may disembark until the immigration officials 
have performed the corresponding inspection. 
SEC. 209. FOREIGN CREW MEMBERS OF AIR, GROUND, OR 
SEA TRANSPORT CARRIERS. 
Foreign crew members of air, ground, or sea trans-
port carriers may only remain within national territory for 
the authorized period of time. Any expenses incurred due 
to their deportation or exit from the country shall be cov-
ered by the owners or representatives of said carriers, be 
they companies, corporate entities of any kind, or individ-
uals. 
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SEC. 210. AIR TRANSPORT PILOTS, SHIP CAPTAINS, AND 
GROUND TRANSPORT DRIVERS. 
Air transport pilots, ship captains, and ground trans-
port drivers must present to immigration officials, at the 
time the entry or exit inspection is performed, a list of 
passenger and crew members, as well as the data nec-
essary for their identification. 
SEC. 211. PROHIBITION ON DISEMBARKATION OF NONCOM-
PLYING PASSENGERS. 
Those foreigners who do not comply with the req-
uisites established by this Act and the regulations hereto 
shall not be authorized to disembark, except for that fore-
seen under section 309(i). 
SEC. 212. FOREIGNERS IN TRANSIT. 
In the case of foreigners in transit who disembark 
with authorization from the Department of Homeland Se-
curity in a domestic port, and subsequently remain on land 
without legal authorization due to forces beyond their con-
trol after the ship or aircraft they were traveling on has 
left port, such persons must immediately present them-
selves to the Department of Homeland Security. In such 
cases, the Department shall take such measures as may 
be necessary relating to the immediate exit of such per-
sons. 
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SEC. 213. FOREIGNERS DENIED ENTRY. 
Those foreigners who are denied entry by the Depart-
ment, due either to insufficient documentation or lack of 
documentation, as well as stowaways, shall be required to 
leave the country at the expense of the transport company 
that brought them into the country, without prejudice to 
the penalties that may apply in accordance herewith. 
SEC. 214. VISITORS TO MARITIME CARRIER IN INTER-
NATIONAL TRANSIT. 
Visitors shall not be allowed to board any maritime 
carrier in international transit without prior authorization 
from the Departments of Homeland Security and Health 
and Human Services. 
SEC. 215. TRANSPORT COMPANY LIABILITY. 
Transport companies shall be liable for economic pen-
alties relating to violations of this Act and the regulations 
thereto committed by their employees, agents, or rep-
resentatives, without prejudice to any direct liability so in-
curred by said persons. 
TITLE III—IMMIGRATION 
SEC. 301. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DETERMINES NUMBER 
OF IMMIGRANTS. 
Based on the corresponding demographic studies, the 
Department of State shall determine the number of for-
eigners to be allowed into the country, either by activity 
category or by area of residence, and shall subject the im-
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migration of foreigners to such modalities as may be 
deemed appropriate, according to their possibilities to con-
tribute to national progress. 
SEC. 302. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IMPOSES 
CONDITIONS ON IMMIGRANTS. 
The Department shall be able to impose conditions 
upon those foreigners who enter the country, with respect 
to the activities they shall be allowed to pursue, as well 
as the areas where they shall be allowed to reside. The 
Department shall also ensure that the immigrants rep-
resent useful elements to the country, and that they re-
ceive sufficient income to support themselves and, if appli-
cable, such persons as may depend on them economically. 
SEC. 303. TEMPORARY ADMISSION OF FOREIGNERS WHO 
SUFFER POLITICAL PERSECUTION OR WHO 
HAVE FLED FROM THEIR COUNTRY OF ORI-
GIN. 
Those foreigners who suffer political persecution or 
who have fled from their country of origin in the situations 
enumerated under section 309(e) shall be temporarily ad-
mitted by the Department while it resolves each case, 
without such resolution to be performed in the most expe-
dited manner possible. 
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SEC. 304. GROUNDS FOR DENYING FOREIGNERS ENTRY 
INTO THE UNITED STATES OR CHANGING IM-
MIGRATION CATEGORY OR STATUS. 
The Department shall be able to deny foreigners 
entry into the United States or a change in their immigra-
tion category or status in any of the following cases: 
(1) International reciprocity does not exist. 
(2) Domestic demographic equilibrium so re-
quires. 
(3) The quotas referred to in (visa cap limit 
provision) herein do not allow such entry or status 
change. 
(4) It is deemed that such entry or status 
change would be harmful to the economic interests 
of United States citizens and nationals. 
(5) The foreigner in question has violated do-
mestic laws or has negative references from abroad. 
(6) The foreigner in question has violated this 
Act, the regulations thereto, or other applicable ad-
ministrative provisions, or does not comply with the 
requisites set forth in same. 
(7) The foreigner in question is not deemed 
physically or mentally sound, in the opinion of the 
Department of Health and Human Services. 
(8) Other statutory provisions so stipulate. 
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