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The Nationality Act of 1940 (H.R. 9980; Pub.L. 76-853; 54 Stat. 1137) revised numerous provisions of law relating to American citizenship and naturalization.It was enacted by the 76th Congress of the United States and signed into law on October 14, 1940, a year after World War II had begun in Europe, but before the U.S. entered the war.
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (the McCarran–Walter Act) revised the National Origins Formula, again allotting quotas in proportion to the national origins of the population as of the 1920 census, but by a simplified calculation taking a flat one-sixth of 1 percent of the number of inhabitants of each nationality then residing in ...
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Many acts of Congress and executive actions relating to immigration to the United States and citizenship of the United States have been enacted in the United States. Most immigration and nationality laws are codified in Title 8 of the United ...
Amendments to the Cable Act and nationality laws continued until 1940, when married women were granted their own nationality without restriction. [56] That year, Congress amended the Nationality Act, distinguishing for the first time different rules for derivative nationality for legitimate and illegitimate children. [57]
The Nationality Act of 1940 was passed to create a unified code of United States naturalization law. [8] Following World War II, the War Brides Act allowed exemptions of immigration quotas for immediate relatives of American service-members. [9]
[36] [80] It did not repeal the Cable Act, but the Nationality Act of 1940 repealed sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, as well as amendments from 1930, 1931, and 1934 of the Cable Act. [ 85 ] : 1173 The 1940 law allowed all women who lost their citizenship because of marriage to repatriate without regard to their marital status upon swearing the oath of ...
Amendments to the Cable Act and nationality laws continued until 1940, when married women were granted individual nationality without restrictions based upon their spouse. [71] The Nationality Act of 1940 codified into a single federal statute, all the various laws and decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States concerning nationality.
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