IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1990 NOVEMBER 1990 IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1990 U.S GOV'T LEGISLATIVE IMMIGRATION REGION EUROPE U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION AMERICAN CULTURE IN NOVEMBER 1990 CONGRESS PASSED THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1990 THIS ACT REVISED THE VISA SYSTEM TO INCREASE THE IMMIGRATION OF EUROPEANS AND SPECIALLY TRAINED WORKERS THE LAW ALLOWED THE NUMBER OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO RISE FROM 500000 TO 700000 A YEAR BY 1994 THE NUMBER WAS SET AT 675000 A YEAR NOT INCLUDING REFUGEES AT LEAST 80000 OF THESE OPENINGS WERE RESERVED FOR ALIENS WITH EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES THESE IMMIGRANTS MIGHT INCLUDE ARTISTS OR PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES THE ACT ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF VISAS FOR PEOPLE WITH RELATIVES ALREADY IN THE UNITED STATES AND MADE IT HARDER TO EXCLUDE IMMIGRANTS ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR POLITICAL BELIEFS IT ALSO CREATED A CATEGORY OF DIVERSITY VISAS FOR PEOPLE FROM COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES THAT WERE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE 1965 IMMIGRATION LAW FINALLY IT TRANSFERRED THE POWER TO GRANT IMMIGRANTS U.S CITIZENSHIP FROM THE COURTS TO THE U.S ATTORNEY GENERAL
