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| 1981 || January 20 || Leadership change || Executive branch || || Republican politician {{w|Ronald Reagan}} is sworn in as {{w|President of the United States}}.
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| 1981 || || Legislation || Immigration and Naturalization Services || M (vocational course student) || Public Law 97-116, the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981, is passed by the {{w|97th United States Congress}}.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/4327|title = H.R.4327 - Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981|publisher = United States Congress|accessdate = July 20, 2020|}}</ref> Among other things, these create a new {{w|M-1 visa}} for students of non-academic (vocational) courses.<ref name=fr-m-1>{{cite web|url = https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/fedreg/fr048/fr048066/fr048066.pdf|title = Federal Register: 48 Fed. Reg. 14561 (Apr. 5, 1983).|date = April 5, 1983|accessdate = July 20, 2020|pages = 14575-14594}}</ref>
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| 1982 || February 22 || Leadership change || Immigration and Naturalization Services || || {{w|Alan C. Nelson}} becomes the Comissioner of the INS, working under President {{w|Ronald Reagan}}.<ref name=uscis-nelson-bio>{{cite web|url = https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/our-history-8|title = Alan C. Nelson: Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service, February 22, 1982 - June 16, 1989|date = February 4, 2016|accessdate = October 24, 2016|publisher = [[wikipedia:United States Citizenship and Immigration Services|United States Citizenship and Immigration Services]]}}</ref>
