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  2. Immigration Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    The Immigration Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–649, 104 Stat. 4978, enacted November 29, 1990) was signed into law by George H. W. Bush on November 29, 1990. [1] It was first introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy in 1989. It was a national reform of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.

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

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    However, in 1990 the State Department adopted the administrative presumption that "when a U.S. citizen obtains naturalization in a foreign state, subscribes to routine declarations of allegiance to a foreign state, or accepts non-policy level employment with a foreign state", he or she intends to retain U.S. citizenship, overriding the earlier ...

  5. Long-standing American principle of birthright citizenship ...

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    As President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to implement sweeping policy changes affecting American immigration and immigrants, one of the issues under scrutiny by his allies appears to be ...

  6. What the 14th Amendment says about birthright citizenship - AOL

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    What is the connection between birthright citizenship and immigration? In 1898, 30 years after the 14th Amendment was adopted, the Supreme Court reached a defining decision in a case known as the ...

  7. 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.

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

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    The main birthright citizenship case is from 1898, when the Supreme Court ruled that the son of lawful immigrants from China was a U.S. citizen by virtue of his birth in 1873 in San Francisco.

  9. List of United States immigration laws - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Many acts of Congress and executive actions relating to immigration to the United States and citizenship of the United States have been enacted in the United States. Most immigration and nationality laws are codified in Title 8 of the United ...