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Public Law 104–51
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to update references in the classification of children for purposes of United States immigration laws.
Approved November 15, 1995
Statutory text
An Act
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to update references in the classification of children for purposes of United States immigration laws.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEFECTION OF CHILD.
Section 101(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (1)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking “legitimate child and inserting “child born in wedlock”; and
in subparagraph (D), by striking “an illegitimate child” and inserting “a child born out of wedlock”; and
in paragraph (2), by striking “an illegitimate child” and inserting “a child born out of wedlock”.
Approved November 15, 1995.