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| Long title | An Act To amend title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act to make changes in the laws relating to nationality and naturalization. |
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| Acronyms(colloquial) | INTCA[1] |
| Enacted by | the103rd United States Congress |
| Effective | October 25, 1994 |
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| Public law | Pub. L. 103–416 |
| Statutes at Large | 108 Stat. 4305 |
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| Acts amended | Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 Immigration Act of 1990 |
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TheImmigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (INTCA orH.R. 783),Pub. L. 103–416, 108 Stat. 4305, enactedOctober 25, 1994, was an act by theUnited States Congress "to amend title III of theImmigration and Nationality Act to make changes in the laws relating to nationality and naturalization."[3] Introduced byRomano Mazzoli, the act amended the Immigration and Nationality Act by allowing the acquisition of United States citizenship from either parent for persons born abroad to parents, only one of whom is a United States citizen.[4]
The INTCA also prospectively expanded the definition of "aggravated felony", under which non-citizens were subject todeportation,[5] by adding more criminal convictions.[6] Some of these new additions related tocrime of violence,theft,ransom,child pornography,racketeering,prostitution,tax evasion,fraud andalien smuggling.[7][8]
The act was signed into law byPresident Bill Clinton, who said in hissigning statement that act would correct the injustice towards persons born outside of the United States, and only one of whose parents was aUnited States citizen. Prior to the act, such persons could only acquire citizenship if that parent was the father.[9] The act amended this condition to allow acquisition of US citizenship when either of the parents was a US citizen.[4]
Congress expanded the definition of the term 'aggravated felony' in the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994.... However, the 1994 Act specifies that its amendments to section 101(a)(43) of the Actshall apply only to convictions enteredon or after October 25, 1994.(emphases added)
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