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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler 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]
Summary. More than four decades after the passage of the 1924 Reed-Johnson Act, Congress legislated a system of immigration control to replace the discriminatory national origins system. The new system implemented preferences which prioritized family reunification (75 percent), employment (20 percent), and refugee status (5 percent).
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Aug 12, 2019 · Print Page. 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...
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Delivered October 3, 1965 Also known as the Hart-Cellar Act, this landmark immigration law ended the nationality-based quota system of U.S. immigration. Closely tied to the civil rights movement, this act based immigration on skills, education, and family ties to U.S. residents rather than nationality. Although the law maintained annual limits ...
On Oct. 3, 1965, at the base of the Statue of Liberty and with the island of Manhattan gleaming in the background, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act, also known as the Hart-Celler Act.
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)
3 The Beginning of the End: The Immigration Act of 1965 and the Emergence of the Modern U.S.-Mexico Border State 116 Kevin R. Johnson 4 The Last Preference: Refugees and the 1965 Immigration Act 171 Brian Soucek Part II The 1965 Immigration Act and the Policy of Family Unification 5 The 1965 Immigration Act: Family Unifi cation and ...
