IMMACT90

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IMMACT90 is a major U.S. immigration reform law enacted in 1990 that significantly revised legal immigration limits, created new visa categories, and strengthened enforcement provisions.

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instanceOf Act of Congress
United States federal immigration law
alsoKnownAs IMMACT90
amends McCarran–Walter Act
surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
country United States of America
surface form: United States
creates Diversity Immigrant Visa
surface form: Diversity Immigrant Visa program

EB-1 priority workers immigrant category
EB-2 professionals with advanced degrees or exceptional ability immigrant category
EB-3 skilled workers, professionals, and other workers immigrant visa
surface form: EB-3 skilled workers professionals and other workers immigrant category

EB-4 special immigrants immigrant category
EB-5 immigrant investor category
O nonimmigrant visa for individuals with extraordinary ability
P nonimmigrant visa for athletes artists and entertainers
diversity immigrant category
five employment-based immigrant preference categories
new H-1B specialty occupation category structure
new nonimmigrant visa categories
temporary protected status
dateSigned 1990-11-29
enactedBy 101st United States Congress
establishes new worldwide immigration cap of approximately 700000 immigrants per year for a transition period
permanent annual employment-based immigration ceiling
permanent annual family-sponsored immigration ceiling
fullName Immigration Act of 1990
includes provisions affecting asylum procedures
provisions on employer sanctions enforcement
provisions on exclusion of certain criminal and security-related aliens
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
legalSubject immigrant admissions
immigration enforcement
immigration law
nonimmigrant visas
visa policy
modifies numerical limits on employment-based immigration
numerical limits on family-sponsored immigration
per-country immigration limits
policyImpact shifted emphasis toward employment-based and diversity immigration
significantly increased overall levels of legal immigration to the United States
publicLawNumber Public Law 101-649
purpose to create new employment-based immigrant categories
to reform and increase legal immigration to the United States
to revise grounds of inadmissibility and deportability
to revise worldwide immigration ceilings and per-country limits
to strengthen immigration enforcement provisions
replaces earlier national-origins style diversity provisions with formal Diversity Visa program
shortTitle Immigration Act of 1990
signedBy George H. W. Bush
strengthens grounds of deportability
grounds of inadmissibility
penalties for immigration law violations
penalties for immigration-related document fraud
yearEnacted 1990

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