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The Immigration Act of 1990 helped permit the entry of 20 million people over the next two decades, the largest number recorded in any 20 year period since the nation’s founding. The Act also provided Temporary Protected Status so that asylum seekers could remain in the United States until conditions in their homelands improved.
Immigration Act of 1990; 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: Citations; Public law
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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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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.
The Immigration Act of 1990 was introduced as S 358 in the U.S. Senate by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) on February 7, 1989. Its stated purpose was to "change the level, and preference system for admission, of immigrants to the United States, and to provide for administrative naturalization."
The Immigration Act of 1990 was a significant milestone, representing the first major over-haul of the U.S. legal immigration system in a quarter-century. The law attempted to create a selection system that would meet the future needs of the economy by moving away from
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. Reported with an amendment. S 358 RS.
