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2 days ago · GARSD: It wasn't until 1965 that the act was replaced by the Immigration and Nationality Act. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) LYNDON B JOHNSON: This bill says simply that from this day forth ...
May 21, 2024 · The quota system was not repealed until 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act, praising “those who can contribute most to this country – to its growth ...
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2 days ago · By Jasmine Garsd. Published May 27, 2024 at 5:06 AM EDT. Listen • 4:24. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: One hundred years ago this week, the U.S. enacted a sweeping immigration law that changed the course of history. The 1924 Immigration Act created a system of quotas for immigrants based on race and nationality. NPR's Jasmine Garsd has this report.
May 15, 2024 · Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. John F. Kennedy ADL Address, 'We Are A Nation of Immigrants' more... Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on Revision of the Immigration Laws (From John F. Kennedy) LYNDON JOHNSON AND ARTHUR GOLDBERG ON IMMIGRATION. more...
3 days ago · Celler’s half-century-long campaign finally paid off in 1965 at the Statue of Liberty when, as Celler looked on, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act, which ...
May 22, 2024 · Lyndon B. Johnson was elected vice president of the United States alongside President John F. Kennedy in 1960 and acceded to the presidency upon Kennedy's assassination in 1963. He was president from 1963 to 1969.
22 hours ago · Johnson made the Apollo program a national priority; enacted the Higher Education Act of 1965, which established federally insured student loans; and signed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which laid the groundwork for U.S. immigration policy today. Johnson's stance on civil rights put him at odds with other white, Southern Democrats.
