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.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T526521 — 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 Act of 1990 Context triple: [Immigration and Nationality Act, amendedBy, Immigration Act of 1990]
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A.
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is a landmark U.S. law that combined employer sanctions for hiring unauthorized immigrants with a large-scale legalization program for certain undocumented residents.
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B.
Immigration and Nationality Act
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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C.
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is a major U.S. federal law that significantly tightened immigration enforcement, expanded grounds for deportation, and restructured procedures for removing noncitizens.
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D.
Immigration Act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 was a U.S. federal law that sharply restricted immigration through national-origins quotas favoring Northern and Western Europeans, reflecting and reinforcing the era’s strong nativist and xenophobic sentiments.
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E.
Immigration Act of 1917
The Immigration Act of 1917 was a U.S. federal law that sharply restricted immigration through literacy tests, expanded exclusion categories, and the creation of the “Asiatic Barred Zone,” reflecting strong nativist and xenophobic sentiments of the era.
- 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 Act of 1990 Target entity description: 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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A.
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is a landmark U.S. law that combined employer sanctions for hiring unauthorized immigrants with a large-scale legalization program for certain undocumented residents.
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B.
Immigration and Nationality Act
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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C.
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is a major U.S. federal law that significantly tightened immigration enforcement, expanded grounds for deportation, and restructured procedures for removing noncitizens.
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D.
Immigration Act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 was a U.S. federal law that sharply restricted immigration through national-origins quotas favoring Northern and Western Europeans, reflecting and reinforcing the era’s strong nativist and xenophobic sentiments.
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E.
Immigration Act of 1917
The Immigration Act of 1917 was a U.S. federal law that sharply restricted immigration through literacy tests, expanded exclusion categories, and the creation of the “Asiatic Barred Zone,” reflecting strong nativist and xenophobic sentiments of the era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Immigration Act of 1990 Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (14)
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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