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1 day ago · Ilya Somin | 6.3.2024 4:34 PM. (NA) This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the worst laws in American history: the 1924 Immigration Act. This was the law that ended the era when most ...
5 days ago · Legislation enacted between 1875 and 1965 excluded almost all immigration from Asian countries, stunting the growth of AAPI communities across the United States. Laws targeting specific communities gave rise to certain types of records at different periods in early U.S. immigration history.
5 days ago · When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Immigration Act of 1965, which replaced the 1924 immigration law, he said, “We can now believe that it (the 1924 law) will never again shadow the gate to the American Nation with the twin barriers of prejudice and privilege.”
3 days ago · In August 1965, Johnson signed the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 into law. The legislation, which he called "the single most important breakthrough" in federal housing policy since the 1920s, greatly expanded funding for existing federal housing programs, and added new programs to provide rent subsidies for the elderly and disabled ...
1 day ago · One major proposal was the "RAISE Act," which aimed to cut legal immigration by half over 10 years. Another proposal was the "Secure and Succeed Act," which sought $25 billion for a border wall ...
1 hour ago · The section 212(f) is a provision from the Immigration and Nationality Act (1952) which empowers the president to “suspend” or restrict the entry of migrants into the country when deemed ...
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4 days ago · The Hart–Celler Act abolished the quota system based on national origins that had been American immigration policy since the 1920s. The 1965 Act marked a change from past U.S. policy which had discriminated against non-northern Europeans.
