Immigration Act of 1990
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The Immigration Act of 1990 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled immigration policy by significantly increasing legal immigration levels, creating new visa categories (including the diversity visa lottery), and revising grounds for exclusion and deportation.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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immigration law → |
| alsoKnownAs | IMMACT90 → |
| amends |
McCarran–Walter Act
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surface form: "Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952"
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| changedGroundsFor |
deportability
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inadmissibility → |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| createdProgram |
Diversity Immigrant Visa
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surface form: "Diversity Visa Lottery"
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| createdStatus | Temporary Protected Status → |
| createdVisaCategory |
Diversity Immigrant Visa
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EB-1 priority workers immigrant visa → EB-2 professionals with advanced degrees or exceptional ability immigrant visa → EB-3 skilled workers, professionals, and other workers immigrant visa → EB-4 special immigrants immigrant visa → EB-5 immigrant investor visa → O nonimmigrant visa for individuals with extraordinary ability or achievement → P nonimmigrant visa for athletes, artists, and entertainers → Q nonimmigrant cultural exchange visa → Temporary Protected Status → |
| dateSigned | 1990-11-29 → |
| enactedBy | 101st United States Congress → |
| establishedNumericalCap | H-1B visa annual cap → |
| increasedAnnualImmigrationCeiling |
approximately 675000 per year starting in 1995
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approximately 700000 per year for 1992–1994 → |
| introducedConcept |
administrative naturalization by the Immigration and Naturalization Service
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aggravated felony expansion for immigration purposes → |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form: "United States federal government"
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| limited | suspension of deportation relief → |
| longTitle |
Immigration Act of 1990
self-linksurface differs
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surface form: "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"
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| modifiedVisaCategory | H-1B specialty occupation visa → |
| policyArea | United States immigration reform → |
| predecessorTo | later diversity visa programs under the Immigration and Nationality Act → |
| publicLawNumber | Public Law 101-649 → |
| purpose |
to diversify the immigrant population by country of origin
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to increase overall levels of legal immigration to the United States → to provide for administrative naturalization procedures → to revise grounds for exclusion and deportation → to revise the preference system for family-based and employment-based immigration → |
| reformed |
employment-based immigration preference categories
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family-sponsored immigration preference categories → |
| relatedTo |
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
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Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 → |
| shortTitle | Immigration Act of 1990 self-link → |
| signedBy | George H. W. Bush → |
| statutesAtLargeCitation | 104 Stat. 4978 → |
| subjectMatter |
deportation and exclusion grounds
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immigration policy → visa categories → |
| yearEnacted | 1990 → |
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this entity surface form: "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"