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Immigration Act of 1990

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United States Statutes at Large, 1990, Vol. 104, Part 6, p. 4978-5088

(Abridged)

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. Short Title; References in Act; Table of Contents.

(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the ''Immigration Act of 1990''.

(b) References in Act.—Except as specifically provided in this Act, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed as an amendment to or repeal of a provision, the reference shall be deemed to be made to the Immigration and Nationality Act.

(c) Table of Contents.—The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; references in Act; table of contents.

Title I—Immigrants

Subtitle A—Worldwide and Per Country Levels

Sec. 101. Worldwide levels. Sec. 102. Per country levels. Sec. 103. Treatment of Hong Kong under per country levels. Sec. 104. Asylee adjustments.

Subtitle B—Preference System




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