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Passed the Senate on September 22, 1965 ( 76–18) with amendment. House agreed to Senate amendment on September 30, 1965 ( 320–70) Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 3, 1965. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler Act and more recently as the 1965 Immigration Act, is a landmark ...
Aug 12, 2019 · Published: August 12, 2019. copy page link. Print Page. Drew Angerer/Getty Images. When the U.S. Congress passed—and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law—the Immigration and Naturalization...
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Mar 5, 2010 · The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, also known as the Hart-Celler Act, abolished an earlier quota system based on national origin and established a new immigration policy based on...
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1965. This law set the main principles for immigration regulation still enforced today. It applied a system of preferences for family reunification (75 percent), employment (20 percent), and. refugees. (5 percent) and for the first time capped immigration from the within Americas.
Decades of xenophobic policy were overturned, setting the United States on the path to the diversity seen today. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Immigration and Nationality Act of...
Oct 15, 2015 · October 2015 marks the 50 th anniversary of the seminal Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Signed into law at the foot of the Statue of Liberty by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the act ushered in far-reaching changes that continue to undergird the current immigration system, and set in motion powerful demographic forces that are still ...
May 9, 2006 · The current system of legal immigration dates to 1965. It marked a radical break with previous policy and has led to profound demographic changes in America.
