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1 day ago · President Johnson signs the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 as U.S. Senators Edward Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, and others look on The sweeping Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 reformed the country's immigration system and removed all national origins quotas dating from the 1920s.
- John F. Kennedy
- Richard Nixon
3 days ago · The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 overwhelmingly passed in both houses of Congress. It built on the 1921 legislation, this time capping total immigration at 165,000 and reducing the nationality quota from 3% to 2%, but importantly established the basis for these calculations on the population distribution within the 1890 census.
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5 days ago · President Johnson delivered a speech titled “The American Promise” to a joint session of Congress on March 15, 1965. In the speech, Johnson outlined his plans for supporting voting rights, stating, “There is no moral issue. It is wrong—deadly wrong—to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country. There is no ...
4 days ago · In a letter dated April 8, 1965, White, responsible for coordinating civil rights policy for the White House, advises Johnson to meet with New York’s Puerto Rican leaders to discuss proposed voter registration legislation. Johnson declines.
3 days ago · This 1965 memorandum to President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the transfer of funds for Cuban refugee assistance in the United States. Charles Zwick, former director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, requested $1.8 million to assist with the unanticipated costs of resettling Cuban immigrants fleeing Fidel Castro’s communist regime.
6 days ago · Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) was enacted in 1952. Although frequently amended, the Act still forms the basic structure of immigration law in the United States. Prior to enactment of the INA, immigration law was governed by a variety of statutes but they were not consolidated in one location.
1 day ago · Lyndon B. Johnson awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and he received honorary doctorates from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and other institutions. Support for Israel as a Middle Eastern democracy was part of a large global view that became widespread in the West.
