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May 27, 2024 · The 1924 Immigration Act created a system of quotas for immigrants based on race and nationality. NPR's Jasmine Garsd has this report.
- Jasmine Garsd
The 1924 act would define U.S. immigration policy for nearly three decades, until being substantially revised by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 and ultimately replaced by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia and reduced the number of visas for other countries, especially Southern and Eastern Europe.
The Immigration Act of 1924, also known as the Johnson-Reed Act, established a quota system based on national origins and excluded aliens ineligible for citizenship. It reduced immigration from eastern and southern Europe and barred Jews fleeing Nazism, among other discriminatory effects.
The 1924 Johnson-Reed Act imposed strict quotas and visas to favor northern and Western Europeans and exclude Asians. The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act eliminated the quotas and prioritized family unification.
May 15, 2024 · The Immigration Act of 1924 shaped the U.S. population over the course of the 20th century, greatly restricting immigration and ensuring that arriving immigrants were mostly from Northern and Western Europe.
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Nov 16, 2009 · On May 26, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signs into law the Immigration Act of 1924, the most stringent U.S. immigration policy up to that time in the nation’s history.
