Immigration+and+nationality+act+of+1952

The Immigration and Nationality Act. Before the INA a variety of statutes governed immigration law were not were not organized in one location.This act is also known as **McCarran-Walter Act.**[|The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 incorporates most of the existing laws relating 2]to immigration including two major changes: the Asiatic Barred Zone which banned most Asian immigrants since 1917 was abolished and people from all nations are given the opportunity to enter the U.S.
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 * 1952 || The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 incorporates most of the existing laws relating to immigration including two major changes: the Asiatic Barred Zone which banned most Asian immigrants since 1917 was abolished and people from all nations are given the opportunity to enter the U.S. ||
 * 1953 || The Refugee Act of 1953 makes an additional allocation of places for the victims of the war disaster ||
 * 1965 || Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act abolishes the nation-origin quotas and establishes an annual limitation of 170,000 visas for immigrants in the eastern hemisphere ||

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 * 1968 || A law effective in 1968 limits 120,000 immigrants annually from the western hemisphere with visas on a first come first serve basis ||
 * 1977 || An amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act abolishes separate quotas for the western and eastern hemispheres changing the quota to 290,000 immigrants worldwide annually with a maximum of 20,000 for any one country ||
 * 1980 || The Refugees Act of 1980 reduces the worldwide quota to 270,000 immigrants ||
 * 1986 || The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 allows most illegal aliens who have reside in the U.S. continuously since January 1 of 1982 to apply for legal status and prohibits employers from hiring illegal aliens and mandates penalties for violations