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Aug 12, 2019 · Drew Angerer/Getty Images. When the U.S. Congress passed—and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law—the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, the move was largely seen as symbolic ...
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May 9, 2006 · Email. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed an immigration law that led to profound demographic shifts in America. It marked a break from past U.S. policy, which had discriminated against ...
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Jan 16, 2019 · For many years, U.S. immigration favored immigrants from northern Europe. NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten explains how a 1965 law changed things — and led to the current debate about border security.
An Act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes Archived April 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Text of Public Law 89-236 – October 3, 1965; Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) Immigration Policy in the United States (2006), Congressional Budget office.
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- the 89th United States Congress
- An Act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act
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Oct 15, 2015 · Signed into law 50 years ago, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 had several unintended consequences that have had a profound effect on the flow of immigrants to the United States and contributed to the transformation of the U.S. demographic profile. This Policy Beat explores the law's lasting impact and lessons for policymaking today.
Oct 2, 2015 · October 2, 2015. The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, whose 50th anniversary comes on October 3, officially committed the United States, for the first time, to accepting immigrants of all ...
