User:Nharkdivad/Immigration Act of 1990

Background
My Edits:

The Immigration Act of 1990 was introduced in 1989 by Ted Kennedy. Prior to this there was some talk in the house and senate about immigration reform, specifically about the number of immigrants that were allowed to enter the United States. In 1998, the house voted against a proposal that would limit the amount of family members immigrants could enter the states. With the system at the time allowing for unlimited family members, spouses, etc., to enter, there were groups opposing the allowance of this system. The senate then debated some sort of immigration reform in 1989, before Ted Kennedy proposed the Immigration Act of 1990, which continued family-based immigrant visas.

Legislative History
Introduced in the senate of February 1989

Senate judiciary committee 1989

July 3, 1989. Conversation about the number of immigrants flowing into the US and if there should be a limit on the amount of immigrants coming in.

https://www-proquest-com.huaryu.kl.oakland.edu/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/110296458/1796A37C155D476BPQ/1?accountid=12924

July 11, 12, 13, 1989 4300 house version

July 1989. Senate debates bill.

House Hearings: September 27, 1989 and February 21, 1990 then 4 hearings in March

October 2, 3, 1990. (debated 4300) then passed the senate bill, but inserted the house text

Senate hearings: March 3, 1989

October 3, 1990. Debate takes place in the house for the bill.

https://www-proquest-com.huaryu.kl.oakland.edu/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/108487310/548F42BF561A4CF2PQ/4?accountid=12924

October 3, 1990. More extensive part of the article mentioned above.

https://www-proquest-com.huaryu.kl.oakland.edu/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/108489277/548F42BF561A4CF2PQ/1?accountid=12924

October 4, 1990. Bill is passed in the house.

https://www-proquest-com.huaryu.kl.oakland.edu/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/108488459/3962006A9F6E4DD6PQ/8?accountid=12924

October 7, 1990. Reaction of immigrants supporting the bill.

https://www-proquest-com.huaryu.kl.oakland.edu/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/108433510/3962006A9F6E4DD6PQ/11?accountid=12924

October 26, 27, 1990. Both chambers agree to final version of the bill

October 26, 1990. Approval of the revision to US immigration policy.

https://www-proquest-com.huaryu.kl.oakland.edu/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/108481612/C469870CC77242CFPQ/1?accountid=12924

Signed into law by Bush Sr on November 29, 1990.

Provisions
Already on the Wiki Page:

The Act generally retained the preference for family reunification immigration, but placed additional emphasis on employment-related immigration and created a category of immigrants from countries underrepresented in the immigrant pool. Specific provisions of the Act:

My Edits:
 * Raised the cap on immigration from 270,000 people annually to 675,000 annually, and 700,000 for the first three years after the Act's enactment, and increased the per-country immigrant visa cap to 25,600 (from 20,000).
 * For family-sponsored visas, set an annual minimum of 226,000, and a maximum set by a formula that generally yielded between 421,000 and 675,000.
 * Created the diversity immigrant category for immigrants from underrepresented countries (those with fewer than 50,000 immigrants admissions over the preceding five years); since fiscal year 1995 this category (later called the Diversity Immigrant Visa category) has been allocated 55,000 visas each year.
 * Granted Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorians fleeing violence in the Salvadoran Civil War;
 * Provided for the hiring of 1,000 additional U.S. Border Patrol agents, increased penalties for violations of immigration law, and expedited deportation proceedings
 * Amended the "medical exclusion" provisions of the Immigration and National Act to eliminate text that let agents exclude "suspected homosexuals", and removed the psychopathic personality and mental defect language that had been used for decades to exclude suspected homosexuals.


 * Extension of the visa waiver program that allows immigrants who do not have a visa to enter the country.
 * Workers rights for aliens in regards to “longshore work.” Meaning you can not make immigrants load and unload cargo in exchange of bringing them to the US.
 * The introduction of new professions that immigrants can qualify as in order to acquire a work visa. These professions include things like athletes, entertainers, and those who have religious occupations. These provisions ultimately allow more immigrants to enter the US legally.

Evaluation:
The article has relevant information, reliable sources, and is easy to follow from the first paragraph. However, it lacks up to date information about what the consequences of this bill have been in the 21st century.

In this first section, you might want to clarify who Ted Kennedy is, like if he is a senator or rep and from which state. The first 4 or 5 entries under legislative history are not the same structure as the rest of it, I would just change it so that they all have the date first and then the description. otherwise I think its well written and I can see that the current wiki page is extensive so that also covers a lot of aspects.