Bay Area Friends of Tibet · 1991–1993 New York Times coverage announcing the 1990 Immigration Act provision for 1,000 Tibetans A Door Opens In 1990, a historic provision tucked into the U.S. Immigration Act offered something Tibetan refugees had almost stopped hoping for: a path to America. One thousand visas — no government funding, no refugee benefits for three years — just a notarized job offer and a sponsor willing to say: we will take care of you. Washington had long