• Armed Forces Immigration Adjustment Act 1991, also known as the Six and Six Program, was enacted on October 1, 1991. The Act amended the Immigration and...
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  • relating to immigration to the United States and citizenship of the United States have been enacted in the United States. Most immigration and nationality...
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    captain. In the late 19th century, immigration from China and Japan was restricted. In the 1920s, restrictive immigration quotas were imposed but political...
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  • Illegal immigration, or unauthorized immigration, occurs when foreign nationals, known as aliens, violate US immigration laws by entering the United States...
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    which increased legal immigration to the United States by 40%. In 1991, Bush signed the Armed Forces Immigration Adjustment Act 1991, allowing foreign service...
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    in global immigration history. From 1952–60, Israel regulated and restricted immigration from Muslim countries with a selective immigration policy based...
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    residence, as defined in Paragraph (2) of Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended (66 Stat. 163, 8 U.S.C. 1101) who, by reason...
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    thereby banning gay people from serving in the armed forces. In 1996, he voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibited the federal government from...
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    1) SI 1991/2719 Armed Forces (Compensation Limits) Order 1991 SI 1991/2720 British Technology Group Act 1991 (Appointed Day) Order 1991 SI 1991/2721 British...
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    Mariel boatlift (category History of immigration to the United States)
    deportation. Two years later, under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, all Cuban-Haitian entrants who had immigrated in 1980 were able to apply for...
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    restricted Jewish land purchase and immigration. However, with the advent of the Second World War, even this reduced immigration quota was not reached. The White...
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    assess and improve immigration policies and enforcement measures. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 expanded the...
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    the Danish West Indies, renamed as the United States Virgin Islands. Immigration from Europe declined significantly once World War I began and Wilson...
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    planning and conduct of tactical military operations by the United States Armed Forces". Under the law, the DNI is responsible for directing and overseeing...
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    Citizenship and Immigration Services. March 20, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023. "Immigration through Legal Immigration Family Equity Act (LIFE) of 2000"...
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    Chinese Immigration Act in 1885, the Canadian government began to charge a substantial head tax for each Chinese person trying to immigrate to Canada...
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    The Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), often erroneously called the Equalities Act 2010, is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passed during the Brown...
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    Patrice Lumumba and the Lumumba cabinet in September over massacres by the armed forces during the invasion of South Kasai and for involving Soviets in the country...
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    has their own immigration control and permanent residency system; citizens from Peninsular Malaysian states are subject to immigration control in the...
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    the third-largest combined armed forces in the world, behind the Chinese People's Liberation Army and Indian Armed Forces. The military operates about...
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    and decided to support an armed opposition to the Partition Plan excluding the participation of their regular armed forces. In April with the Palestinian...
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    They came under the terms of the new quota-based immigration restrictions created by the Immigration Act of 1924. Italian-Americans had a significant influence...
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    Tax Reform Act of 1986, simplifying the tax code by reducing rates and removing several tax breaks, and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986,...
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    Board in investigating airplane crashes and other critical incidents. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has...
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    Repeal Act of 2010, which ended the military's policy of disallowing openly gay and lesbian people from openly serving in the United States Armed Forces. Obama...
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    in protest to support immigration reform (many in hopes of a path to citizenship similar to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 signed into law...
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  • Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48) Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17) Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24) Supply...
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    Al-Muhtadee Billah also holds positions as a general in the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) since 2004, the deputy inspector general of the Royal Brunei Police...
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    United States, California's immigration pattern has also shifted over the course of the late 2000s to early 2010s. Immigration from Latin American countries...
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    Americans to immigrate and become naturalized citizens. Immigration rapidly increased following the enactment of the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments...
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