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Mar 4, 2009 · To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the level, and preference system for admission, of immigrants to the United States, and to provide for administrative naturalization, and for other purposes.
IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1990. [Public Law 101–649, Nov. 29, 1990] [As Amended Through P.L. 104–208, Enacted September, 1996] øCurrency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 101–649.
Immigration Act of 1990 - Title I: Immigrants - Subtitle A: Worldwide and Per Country Levels - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) to set a permanent annual worldwide level of immigration, to begin in FY 1995, with a transition level for FY 1992 through 1994.
Summary. This was a significant revision of existing immigration laws, which greatly increased the number of people who could legally immigrate to the United States, and introduced provisions to facilitate the entry of specific groups for specialized work.
Subject — Policy Area: Immigration. View subjects. Summary (4) Text (7) Actions (121) Titles (9) Amendments (28) Cosponsors (4) Committees (2) Related Bills (5) Text: S.358 — 101st Congress (1989-1990) All Information (Except Text) There are 7 versions: Text available as: PDF (17MB) This text predates authenticated digital publishing.
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ago, in November 1990, when Congress enacted the Immigration Act of 1990. In signing the bill, President George H.W. Bush called it the most comprehensive revision to U.S. immigra-tion law in 66 years.1 This issue brief addresses what the 1990 Act did and did not accom-plish.
