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  2. Immigration Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    The most important part of the Immigration Act of 1990 is the increase in immigrants that are allowed to come into the US, and subsequently allowed millions of immigrants entry over the ensuing decades. Specifically Title I, sec 104, [9] which increased the number of asylees able to enter the country. In this same title, the bill allowed for an ...

  3. History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in ...

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    For the first time in American history, racial distinctions were omitted from the U.S. Code. The 1952 Act established a simple 4-class preference system within quotas, reserving first preference for immigrants of special skills or abilities needed in the U.S. workforce, and allotting the second, third, and fourth preferences to relatives of U.S ...

  4. Citizenship of the United States - Wikipedia

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    State citizenship may affect (1) tax decisions, (2) eligibility for some state-provided benefits such as higher education, and (3) eligibility for state political posts such as United States senator. At the time of the American Civil War, state citizenship was a source of significant contention between the Union and the seceding Southern states.

  5. Ideological restrictions on naturalization in U.S. law

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    This long history has resulted in a naturalization statute that requires naturalization applicants to be "attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States" (a requirement that has existed since the earliest US immigration laws) and forbids them from adhering to several more specific ideological principles such as ...

  6. Explainer-What is US birthright citizenship and can ... - AOL

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    It also declared citizenship would be denied to those whose mother was in the United States lawfully but temporarily, such as those on student or tourist visas, and whose father was not a citizen ...

  7. MAGA fans were confronted with US citizenship test by ... - AOL

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    One MAGA supporter did answer correctly, saying “We the people,” but was instantly exposed by the host who overheard a passerby give him the answer. “You cheated,” the presenter said ...

  8. File:US Citizenship test questions - English.pdf - Wikipedia

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    English: This is the official list of questions (and expected answers) that can be asked on the civics portion of the American naturalization test, revised in January of 2019. While most of these questions are supplied with answers, the ones that ask about specific members of the American government are not.

  9. List of former United States citizens who relinquished their ...

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    In the mid-1990s Kenneth Dart and his brother, Robert, both renounced their American citizenship. Kenneth took Caymanian, Belizean and, later, Irish, citizenship. Robert holds Belizean and Irish citizenship, and resides in London. [95] Kenneth Dart acquired citizenship of, and a compound in, the Cayman Islands, a tax haven. [96]? 1990 s Garry Davis