Immigration and Nationality Act
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The Immigration and Nationality Act is the foundational U.S. federal law that governs immigration policy, including visas, admission, naturalization, and deportation of non-citizens.
All labels observed (18)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T108086 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Immigration and Nationality Act Context triple: [USA PATRIOT Act, amends, Immigration and Nationality Act]
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A.
Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is the foundational legal instrument that defines UNHCR’s mandate, functions, and responsibilities for the international protection of refugees and the search for durable solutions to their plight.
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B.
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is the core international treaty that defines who qualifies as a refugee and sets out their rights and the legal obligations of states to protect them.
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C.
Homeland Security Act of 2002
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is a U.S. federal law that reorganized and consolidated numerous government agencies to create the Department of Homeland Security in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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D.
Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
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E.
National Security Act of 1947
The National Security Act of 1947 is a landmark U.S. law that reorganized the nation’s military and intelligence structure, creating institutions such as the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Immigration and Nationality Act Target entity description: The Immigration and Nationality Act is the foundational U.S. federal law that governs immigration policy, including visas, admission, naturalization, and deportation of non-citizens.
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A.
Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is the foundational legal instrument that defines UNHCR’s mandate, functions, and responsibilities for the international protection of refugees and the search for durable solutions to their plight.
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B.
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is the core international treaty that defines who qualifies as a refugee and sets out their rights and the legal obligations of states to protect them.
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C.
Homeland Security Act of 2002
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is a U.S. federal law that reorganized and consolidated numerous government agencies to create the Department of Homeland Security in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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D.
Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
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E.
National Security Act of 1947
The National Security Act of 1947 is a landmark U.S. law that reorganized the nation’s military and intelligence structure, creating institutions such as the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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immigration law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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| amendedBy |
Homeland Security Act of 2002
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Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ⓘ Immigration Act of 1990 ⓘ Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ⓘ Immigration and Nationality Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
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| codifiedIn | Title 8 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateEnacted | 1952-06-27 ⓘ |
| defines |
aggravated felony for immigration purposes
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asylee ⓘ immigrant ⓘ lawful permanent resident ⓘ nonimmigrant ⓘ refugee ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1952-12-24 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| establishes |
grounds for deportability
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grounds for inadmissibility ⓘ numerical limits on immigration ⓘ preference categories for immigrant visas ⓘ procedures for naturalization ⓘ removal proceedings framework ⓘ |
| governs |
admission of noncitizens
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asylum and refugee admissions ⓘ deportation of noncitizens ⓘ detention of noncitizens ⓘ employment-based immigration ⓘ family-based immigration ⓘ grounds of deportability ⓘ grounds of inadmissibility ⓘ immigrant visas ⓘ immigration benefits adjudication ⓘ immigration enforcement authorities ⓘ naturalization of noncitizens ⓘ nonimmigrant visas ⓘ removal orders ⓘ removal proceedings ⓘ student and exchange visitor programs ⓘ temporary worker programs ⓘ |
| interpretedBy |
Board of Immigration Appeals
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federal courts of the United States ⓘ |
| primarySubject | immigration to the United States ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | Pub.L. 82–414 ⓘ |
| shortName | INA ⓘ |
| signedBy |
President Harry S. Truman
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surface form:
Harry S. Truman
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Immigration and Nationality Act Description of subject: The Immigration and Nationality Act is the foundational U.S. federal law that governs immigration policy, including visas, admission, naturalization, and deportation of non-citizens.
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Immigration and Nationality Act
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amendedBy
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Immigration and Nationality Act
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
subject surface form:
United States passport
this entity surface form:
U.S. immigration and nationality law
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
this entity surface form:
United States immigration and nationality law
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
this entity surface form:
U.S. nationality law
this entity surface form:
United States immigration policy
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
this entity surface form:
post-1965 Immigration and Nationality Act
this entity surface form:
post1965ImmigrationToUnitedStates
subject surface form:
Turkish Americans
this entity surface form:
post1965ImmigrationAndNationalityActMigration
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
this entity surface form:
United States nationality law
subject surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
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amends
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Immigration and Nationality Act
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of the United States
subject surface form:
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act section 274B
this entity surface form:
United States immigration and nationality law
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
subject surface form:
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1968
this entity surface form:
United States nationality law
this entity surface form:
United States immigration law
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
this entity surface form:
Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
this entity surface form:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
subject surface form:
Board of Immigration Appeals