Immigration and Nationality Act

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United States federal statute immigration law

The Immigration and Nationality Act is the foundational U.S. federal law that governs immigration policy, including visas, admission, naturalization, and deportation of non-citizens.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965	9
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952	2
Immigration and Nationality Act of the United States	1
U.S. immigration and nationality law	1
U.S. nationality law	1
United States immigration and nationality law	1
United States immigration policy	1
United States nationality law	1
post-1965 Immigration and Nationality Act	1
post1965ImmigrationAndNationalityActMigration	1
post1965ImmigrationToUnitedStates	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ immigration law ⓘ
administeredBy	U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ surface form: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
amendedBy	Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ⓘ Immigration Act of 1990 ⓘ Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ⓘ Immigration and Nationality Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
codifiedIn	Title 8 of the United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	1952-06-27 ⓘ
defines	aggravated felony for immigration purposes ⓘ asylee ⓘ immigrant ⓘ lawful permanent resident ⓘ nonimmigrant ⓘ refugee ⓘ
effectiveDate	1952-12-24 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	grounds for deportability ⓘ grounds for inadmissibility ⓘ numerical limits on immigration ⓘ preference categories for immigrant visas ⓘ procedures for naturalization ⓘ removal proceedings framework ⓘ
governs	admission of noncitizens ⓘ asylum and refugee admissions ⓘ deportation of noncitizens ⓘ detention of noncitizens ⓘ employment-based immigration ⓘ family-based immigration ⓘ grounds of deportability ⓘ grounds of inadmissibility ⓘ immigrant visas ⓘ immigration benefits adjudication ⓘ immigration enforcement authorities ⓘ naturalization of noncitizens ⓘ nonimmigrant visas ⓘ removal orders ⓘ removal proceedings ⓘ student and exchange visitor programs ⓘ temporary worker programs ⓘ
interpretedBy	Board of Immigration Appeals ⓘ federal courts of the United States ⓘ
primarySubject	immigration to the United States ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Pub.L. 82–414 ⓘ
shortName	INA ⓘ
signedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Immigration and Nationality Act → amendedBy → Immigration and Nationality Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

INA → amendedBy → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act

this entity surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Pub.L. 82–414 → amendedBy → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 → amends → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 → amends → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

Public Law 107-56 → amends → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952

USA PATRIOT Act → amends → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 → category → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States nationality law

United States passports → governingLaw → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

subject surface form: United States passport

this entity surface form: U.S. immigration and nationality law

Chinese Americans → historicalEventAssociated → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Pakistani American → immigrationWave → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: post-1965 Immigration and Nationality Act

American → isGovernedBy → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States immigration and nationality law

United States diaspora → isRegulatedBy → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. nationality law

Board of Immigration Appeals → legalAuthority → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services → legalAuthority → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

Enforcement and Removal Operations → legalBasis → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of the United States

Immigration and Naturalization Service → legalBasis → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

Operation Wetback → legalBasis → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952

Sri Lankan American → migrationWave → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: post1965ImmigrationToUnitedStates

Turkish American → migrationWave → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Turkish Americans

this entity surface form: post1965ImmigrationAndNationalityActMigration

Johnson administration → notablePolicy → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Immigration Act of 1917 → partOf → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States immigration policy

89th United States Congress → passedAct → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Magnuson Act of 1943 → relatedTo → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Immigration Act of 1924 → remainedInForceUntil → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Pub.L. 82–414 → shortTitle → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

INA → standsFor → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

Immigration Act of 1924 → supersededBy → Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965