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2 days ago · Miami, FL, May 22, 2024— A federal court today blocked Section 10 of Florida’s draconian anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718.. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice, American Immigration Council, and the Southern Poverty Law Center successfully sought the preliminary injunction on behalf of the Farmworker Association of Florida and various ...
3 days ago · One hundred years ago, America was in a similar situation. Faced with rapid social, economic, and demographic changes along with increasing political anxiety, Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924 on May 26 of that year. The new federal law prevented immigration from Asia, expanded the role of consuls in immigration enforcement, and ...
1 hour ago · Immigration immediately plunged from 707,000 in 1924 to 294,000 in 1925. The number of new arrivals averaged less than 200,000 annually over the next 45 years.
1 day ago · The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is blasting the revival of the bipartisan Senate border deal, opposing both its content and its potential to upend any forward motion to reform the immigrati…
5 days ago · It was probably a Coolidge immigration crisis that inspired The Immigration Act of 1924. Future presidents will surely see their name appear before the same phrase. The success of Blitzer’s book ...
5 days ago · Clipping Guide. 100 years after the Immigration Act of 1924, historians discussed its legacy, how limits on immigration became a federal issue, and how it continues to affect different groups...
1 day ago · Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, who would play a prominent role in the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924, declared: “We must be now and forever for Americanism and Nationalism, and ...
