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| 1990 || February 5 || Deferred action || Immigration and Naturalization Services || || The {{w|Family Fairness}} policy is extended to spouses of IRCA-eligible people. The extension serves as a bridge to a legislation that is passed as part of the {{w|Immigration Act of 1990}}.<ref name=prwatch>{{cite web|url = http://www.prwatch.org/files/interpreter_releases_feb_5_1990.pdf|title = Interpreter releases: report and analysis of immigration and nationality law|date = February 5, 1990|accessdate = February 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name=nytimes-2-2>{{cite web|url = http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/05/nyregion/new-policy-aids-families-of-aliens.html|title = New Policy Aids Families of Aliens|last = Howe|first = Marvine|publisher = ''[[w:New York Times|New York Times]]''|date = March 5, 1990}}</ref>
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| 1990 || November 29 || Legislation (landmark) || Immigration and Naturalization Services || H-1 (H-1A, H-1B), O, P, Q, R; EB (immigrant visas) || The {{w|Immigration Act of 1990}} is signed into law by President {{w|George H. W. Bush}}. While mostly focused on legal temporary and permanent immigration, some provisions of the Act are relevant to enforcement. In particular, the Family Unity Policy passed as part of the Act supersedes the Family Fairness executive action.<ref name="Fordham Journal Highlights">{{cite web|last1=Leiden|first1=Warren|title=Highlights of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1990|url=http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1270&context=ilj|publisher=Fordham International Law Journal|accessdate=September 30, 2014}}</ref><ref name="US immigration legislation">{{cite web|last1=Stone|first1=Stephanie|title=1190 Immigration and Nationality Act|url=http://library.uwb.edu/guides/usimmigration/1990_immigration_and_nationality_act.html|website=U.S. Immigration Legislation Online|publisher=U.S. Immigration Legislation Online|accessdate=September 30, 2014}}</ref> The main contributions of the Act include separation of H-1 into H-1A (for nurses) and H-1B (for other skilled workers), allowing for dual intent for H-1Bs (i.e., H-1B status can be held by people with pending green card applications).<ref name=cato-h-4/> The Act also formalizes employment-based immigration with the creation of employment-based preference categories (EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 for employment-based green cards). The Act also creates the [[w:O visa|O]], [[w:P-1 visa|P]], [[w:Q-1 visa|Q]], and [[w:R visa|R]] nonimmigrant visa categories for outstanding scholars and cultural exchange visitors. The Q visa would be dubbed the "Disney visa" because of the role Disney plays in creating it, and the heavy use of it by Disney.<ref>{{cite journal|url = https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1839544|title = The Wonderful World of Disney Visas|journal = Florida Law Review|last = Johnson|first = Kit|date = May 13, 2011|accessdate = July 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.scpr.org/blogs/multiamerican/2011/05/26/7419/its-a-small-world-the-story-of-the-disney-visa/|title = It's a Small World: The story of the 'Disney visa'|author = Leslie Berestein Rojas|date = May 26, 2011|accessdate = July 20, 2020|publisher = Southern California Public Radio}}</ref>
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| 1993 || January 20 || Leadership change || Executive branch || || Democratic politician {{w|Bill Clinton}} becomes President of the United States, after defeating incumbent George H. W. Bush in elections.
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