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- It provided family-based immigration visa, created five distinct employment based visas, categorized by occupation, and a diversity visa program that created a lottery to admit immigrants from "low admittance" countries or countries where their citizenry was underrepresented in the U.S.
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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.
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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.
this Act, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is ex-pressed as an amendment to or repeal of a provision, the reference shall be deemed to be made to the Immigration and Nationality Act. (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; references in Act; table of contents. TITLE I—IMMIGRANTS
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.
Long title. An Act 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. Enacted by. the 101st United States Congress.
May 21, 2024 · The Immigration Act of 1990 (Pub.L. 101–649, 104 Stat. 4978, enacted November 29, 1990) was signed into law by George H. W. Bush on November 29, 1990. It was first introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy in 1989. It was a national reform of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
1st Session. S. 358. [Report No. 101-55] A BILL. 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. June 19 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 1989.
