US CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The INA allows the United States to grant up to 675, 000 permanent immigrant visas each year across various visa categories. On top of those 675, 000 visas, the INA sets no limit on the annual admission of U.S. citizens’ spouses, parents, and children under the age of 21.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Quota System U.S. law limits the number of prospective immigrants who may be admitted annually. The Immigration Act of 1990 establishes an annual limit of 700, 000 visas for quota-restricted immigrants.

Detailed explanation-3: -The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia. In 1917, the U.S. Congress enacted the first widely restrictive immigration law.

Detailed explanation-4: -The quotas were applied on a country-by-country basis and therefore restricted immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe more than immigration from Northern and Western Europe. Ultimately, immigration to the U.S. fell from around 1 million people a year to 150, 000 people a year.

Detailed explanation-5: -: an immigrant subject to the quota restrictions imposed by various U.S. immigration laws.