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    The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler Act and more recently as the 1965 Immigration Act, is a landmark federal law...
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    legislation consolidated various immigration laws into a single text. Officially titled the Immigration and Nationality Act, it is often referred to as the...
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    quotas were eased in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 and replaced in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. The act has been characterized...
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    1989. It was a national reform of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. It increased total, overall immigration to allow 700,000 immigrants to come...
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  • naturalization and immigration system. It is a successor to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which was dissolved by the Homeland Security Act of...
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    of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which abolished direct racial barriers, and later by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which...
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    substantially revised by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 and ultimately replaced by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Non-citizens of the...
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  • the Nationality Act of 1965 and the Immigration Act of 1990 (INA). The Citizenship and Immigration Services are responsible for refining immigration applications...
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  • Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC; French: Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada) is the department of the Government of Canada...
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    United States." Significant Korean immigration began in 1965 and totaled 848,000 by 2004. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 affirmed the national...
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    Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212) is an amendment to the earlier Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of...
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    Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 The Act reclassified...
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  • and was offered to all substantial populations of descendants of ethnic Britons in the former colonies. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,...
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  • the United States. Most immigration and nationality laws are codified in Title 8 of the United States Code. History of immigration to the United States History...
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    nationality law details the conditions by which a person is a national of Canada. The primary law governing these regulations is the Citizenship Act,...
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    The Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning immigration and nearly entirely remaking the field of British...
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  • elimination of Asian exclusion laws and the reform of the immigration system in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, there has been a large increase...
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  • The Immigration Act of 1990 (IMMACT) modified and expanded the 1965 act; it significantly increased the total immigration limit to 700,000 and increased...
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    was used in the initial version of that act (66 Stat. 163, 268) up until the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1986, when it was replaced...
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    restrict immigration from Asian countries did not end racial exclusion. Until immigration laws were reformed by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the...
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    Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA or IIRAIRA) made major changes to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)...
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  • Nationality Act of 1940 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 History of Asian American immigration History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization...
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  • Since 1945, immigration to the United Kingdom, controlled by British immigration law and to an extent by British nationality law, has been significant...
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  • Chinese Nationality". Immigration Department, Government of the Hong Kong SAR. "Application for Naturalisation as a Chinese National". Immigration Department...
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    national importance under civilian direction was added by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. The current text of the Oath of Citizenship is established...
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    acquire another nationality. Singapore was briefly a constituent part of Malaysia and local residents were Malaysian citizens from 1963 to 1965. Prior to this...
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    Retrieved 18 September 2020. Act on the Immigration and Legal Status of Overseas Koreans Article 10(5). Act on the Immigration and Legal Status of Overseas...
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    Exclusion Act of 1882. This act halted all legal immigration of Chinese laborers and is considered by many to be the first major exclusionary immigration restriction...
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    based on race or national origin. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 abolished the quota system. The 1965 Act also established several new limits...
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    Declaration of Human Rights. Before 1923, Chinese immigration was heavily controlled by the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885, which imposed an onerous head tax...
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