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Immigration Act of 1924. Enacted by U.S. Congress; approved May 26, 1924. Excerpt published in United States Statutes at Large, 68th Cong., Sess. I, Chp. 190. An act to limit the migration of aliens into the United States.
The Immigration Act of 1924 established an annual quota (fixed in 1929 at 150,000) and established the national-origins system, which was to characterize immigration policy for the next 40 years. Under it, quotas were established for each country based on the number of persons of that…
On May 24, 1924, Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924, also known as the Johnson-Reed Act or the National Origins Act. The act was meant to solve the “midnight races” problem and establish a more permanent immigration law.
