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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.
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] (Introduced 02/07/1989) Committees: Senate - Judiciary | House - Judiciary. Committee Reports: S.Rept 101-55; H.Rept 101-955. Latest Action: 11/29/1990 Became Public Law No: 101-649 .
The Immigration Act of 1990 was passed by Congress in 1990 and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush (R) on November 29, 1990. 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 law increased annual limits on ...
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.
Nov 29, 1990 · 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.
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.
The Immigration Act of 1990 was a significant milestone, representing the first major overhaul of the U.S. legal immigration system in a quarter-century.
