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Immigration and nationality act
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Immigration and nationality actThe Act (INA), which, along with other immigration laws, treaties, and conventions of the United States, relates to the immigration, temporary admission, naturalization, and removal of aliens.
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Immigration
The removing into one place from another.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Temporary
That which is to last for a limited time; as, a temporary sta-tute, or one which is limited in its operation for a particular period of time after its enactment the opposite of perpetual.
Admission
In corporations or companies. The act of the corporation or company by which an individual acquires the rights of a member of such corporation or company.
Naturalization
The act by which an alien is made a citizen of the United States of America.
Removal
The expulsion of an alien from the United States. This expulsion may be based on grounds of inadmissibility or deportability.
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Immigrants
Persons who come into a foreign country or region to live.
Immigration
The removing into one place from another.
Immigration act of 1990
Public Law which increased the limits on legal immigration to the United States, revised all grounds for exclusion and deportation, authorized temporary protected status to aliens of designated countries, revised and established new nonimmigrant admission categories, revised and extended the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, and revised naturalization authority and requirements.
Immigration and naturalization service
(INS) A federal agency which regulates immigration and naturalization of aliens.
Immigration attorney
An attorney dealing with immigration cases and disputes, as well as immigrants' rights.
Immigration judge
An attorney appointed by the Attorney General to act as an administrative judge within the Executive Office for Immigration Review. They are qualified to conduct specified classes of proceedings, including removal proceedings.
Immigration law
The specific area of the legal profession dealing with immigration, the rights of immigrants and related employment and other matters.
Immigration lawyer
A lawyer specializing in immigration cases and litigation.
Immigration marriage fraud amendments of 1986
Public Law , which was passed in order to deter immigration-related marriage fraud. Its major provision stipulates that aliens deriving their immigrant status based on a marriage of less than two years are conditional immigrants. To remove their conditional status the immigrants must apply at an U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office during the 90-day period before their second-year anniversary of receiving conditional status. If the aliens cannot show that the marriage through which the status was obtained was and is a valid one, their conditional immigrant status may be terminated and they may become deportable.
Immigration reform and control act of 1986
Public Law , which was passed in order to control and deter illegal immigration to the United States. Its major provisions stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982, legalization of certain agricultural workers, sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, and increased enforcement at U.S. borders.
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Immemorial
That which commences beyond the time of memory.
Immemorial possession
In Louisiana, by this term is understood that of which no man living has seen the beginning, and the existence of which he has learned from his elders.
Immigrants
Persons who come into a foreign country or region to live.
Immigration
The removing into one place from another.
Immigration act of 1990
Public Law which increased the limits on legal immigration to the United States, revised all grounds for exclusion and deportation, authorized temporary protected status to aliens of designated countries, revised and established new nonimmigrant admission categories, revised and extended the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, and revised naturalization authority and requirements.
Immigration and nationality act
Immigration and naturalization service
(INS) A federal agency which regulates immigration and naturalization of aliens.
Immigration judge
An attorney appointed by the Attorney General to act as an administrative judge within the Executive Office for Immigration Review. They are qualified to conduct specified classes of proceedings, including removal proceedings.
Immigration marriage fraud amendments of 1986
Public Law , which was passed in order to deter immigration-related marriage fraud. Its major provision stipulates that aliens deriving their immigrant status based on a marriage of less than two years are conditional immigrants. To remove their conditional status the immigrants must apply at an U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office during the 90-day period before their second-year anniversary of receiving conditional status. If the aliens cannot show that the marriage through which the status was obtained was and is a valid one, their conditional immigrant status may be terminated and they may become deportable.
Immigration reform and control act of 1986
Public Law , which was passed in order to control and deter illegal immigration to the United States. Its major provisions stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982, legalization of certain agricultural workers, sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, and increased enforcement at U.S. borders.
Immoral consideration
One contrary to good morals, and therefore invalid.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Immigration
The removing into one place from another.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Temporary
That which is to last for a limited time; as, a temporary sta-tute, or one which is limited in its operation for a particular period of time after its enactment the opposite of perpetual.
Admission
In corporations or companies. The act of the corporation or company by which an individual acquires the rights of a member of such corporation or company.
Naturalization
The act by which an alien is made a citizen of the United States of America.
Removal
The expulsion of an alien from the United States. This expulsion may be based on grounds of inadmissibility or deportability.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Immigrants
Persons who come into a foreign country or region to live.
Immigration
The removing into one place from another.
Immigration act of 1990
Public Law which increased the limits on legal immigration to the United States, revised all grounds for exclusion and deportation, authorized temporary protected status to aliens of designated countries, revised and established new nonimmigrant admission categories, revised and extended the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, and revised naturalization authority and requirements.
Immigration and naturalization service
(INS) A federal agency which regulates immigration and naturalization of aliens.
Immigration attorney
An attorney dealing with immigration cases and disputes, as well as immigrants' rights.
Immigration judge
An attorney appointed by the Attorney General to act as an administrative judge within the Executive Office for Immigration Review. They are qualified to conduct specified classes of proceedings, including removal proceedings.
Immigration law
The specific area of the legal profession dealing with immigration, the rights of immigrants and related employment and other matters.
Immigration lawyer
A lawyer specializing in immigration cases and litigation.
Immigration marriage fraud amendments of 1986
Public Law , which was passed in order to deter immigration-related marriage fraud. Its major provision stipulates that aliens deriving their immigrant status based on a marriage of less than two years are conditional immigrants. To remove their conditional status the immigrants must apply at an U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office during the 90-day period before their second-year anniversary of receiving conditional status. If the aliens cannot show that the marriage through which the status was obtained was and is a valid one, their conditional immigrant status may be terminated and they may become deportable.
Immigration reform and control act of 1986
Public Law , which was passed in order to control and deter illegal immigration to the United States. Its major provisions stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982, legalization of certain agricultural workers, sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, and increased enforcement at U.S. borders.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Immemorial
That which commences beyond the time of memory.
Immemorial possession
In Louisiana, by this term is understood that of which no man living has seen the beginning, and the existence of which he has learned from his elders.
Immigrants
Persons who come into a foreign country or region to live.
Immigration
The removing into one place from another.
Immigration act of 1990
Public Law which increased the limits on legal immigration to the United States, revised all grounds for exclusion and deportation, authorized temporary protected status to aliens of designated countries, revised and established new nonimmigrant admission categories, revised and extended the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, and revised naturalization authority and requirements.
Immigration and nationality act
Immigration and naturalization service
(INS) A federal agency which regulates immigration and naturalization of aliens.
Immigration judge
An attorney appointed by the Attorney General to act as an administrative judge within the Executive Office for Immigration Review. They are qualified to conduct specified classes of proceedings, including removal proceedings.
Immigration marriage fraud amendments of 1986
Public Law , which was passed in order to deter immigration-related marriage fraud. Its major provision stipulates that aliens deriving their immigrant status based on a marriage of less than two years are conditional immigrants. To remove their conditional status the immigrants must apply at an U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office during the 90-day period before their second-year anniversary of receiving conditional status. If the aliens cannot show that the marriage through which the status was obtained was and is a valid one, their conditional immigrant status may be terminated and they may become deportable.
Immigration reform and control act of 1986
Public Law , which was passed in order to control and deter illegal immigration to the United States. Its major provisions stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982, legalization of certain agricultural workers, sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, and increased enforcement at U.S. borders.
Immoral consideration
One contrary to good morals, and therefore invalid.
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