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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.
- 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.
- 8 U.S.C.: Aliens and Nationality
The 1990 act revised the immigration laws to permit more people to immigrate to the United States, introduce the H-1B visa program for skilled workers and the diversity visa lottery for certain groups. It also created a labor market information pilot program and a Temporary Protected Status for asylum seekers.
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.
11/29/1990 Became Public Law No: 101-649. (All Actions) Roll Call Votes: There have been 16 roll call votes: Tracker: Tip: This bill has the status Became Law. Here are the steps for Status of Legislation: Introduced
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."
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.
