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  1. Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 3, 1965. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the HartCeller Act and more recently as the 1965 Immigration Act, is a landmark federal law passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. [1]

  2. Aug 12, 2019 · President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Immigration Act of 1965 on Liberty Island in New York Harbor with a view of the New York City skyline in the background. The 1965 Act Aimed to Eliminate...

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  4. On October 3, 1965, President Johnson signed the Hart-Celler Act into law at a ceremony staged at the foot of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. Abolishing the national origins quotas, he said, “repair[s] a very deep and painful flaw in the fabric of American justice. it corrects a cruel and enduring wrong int he conduct of the ...

  5. Oct 15, 2015 · Signed into law at the foot of the Statue of Liberty by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the act ushered in far-reaching changes that continue to undergird the current immigration system, and set in motion powerful demographic forces that are still shaping the United States today and will in the decades ahead.

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  6. Mar 5, 2010 · The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, also known as the Hart-Celler Act, abolished an earlier quota system based on national origin and established a new immigration policy based on...

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  7. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Immigration Act of 1965 at the foot of the Statue of Liberty on October 3, 1965 as Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Lady Bird Johnson, Sen. Edward Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and others look on. (Photo: Yoichi Okamoto/LBJ Library)

  8. On August 25, the House passed H.R. 2580 by a vote of 318 to 95. After some continued discussion of amendments, the Senate passed the bill on September 22 by a voice vote. President Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act into law on October 3, 1965.

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