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Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, radically altering U.S. policy and reshaping the demographic profile of the United States. Examining the foreign policy and domestic concerns leading to the law's enactment, David S. FitzGerald and David Cook-Martín argue that the demise of the national-origins quota system was driven by ...
Immigration and Nationality Act. On January 4, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson called on Congress to eliminate the nation’s forty-year-old national origins quota system as the basis for immigration and pass an immigration law “based on the work a man can do and not where he was born or how he spells his name.”.
Oct 15, 2015 · President Lyndon B. Johnson prepares to sign the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 at the foot of the Statue of Liberty on October 3, 1965. (Photo: Yoichi Okamoto/LBJ Library) Muzaffar Chisti provided opening remarks at a symposium held by MPI on Capitol Hill to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
3 The Beginning of the End: The Immigration Act of 1965 and the Emergence of the Modern U.S.-Mexico Border State 116 Kevin R. Johnson 4 The Last Preference: Refugees and the 1965 Immigration Act 171 Brian Soucek Part II The 1965 Immigration Act and the Policy of Family Unification 5 The 1965 Immigration Act: Family Unifi cation and ...
May 9, 2006 · Email. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed an immigration law that led to profound demographic shifts in America. It marked a break from past U.S. policy, which had discriminated against ...
Sep 30, 2015 · As President Lyndon Johnson signed a landmark immigration reform bill into law at a ceremony beneath the Statue of Liberty on October 3, 1965, he predicted the legislation would not significantly affect the life of the nation, but also declared it would accomplish an important national goal. "This bill that we will sign today is not a ...
This bill that we will sign today is not a revolutionary bill. It does not affect the lives of millions. It will not reshape the structure of our daily lives, or really add importantly to either our wealth or our power. Yet it is still one of the most important acts of this Congress and of this administration. For it does repair a very deep and ...
