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Some 104,430 resident aliens were naturalized as American citizens during the year." The text of the report is printed in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (vol. 2, p. 220). See also Items 601 , 618.Citation: Lyndon B. Johnson: "Remarks at the Signing of the Immigration Bill, Liberty Island, New York.," October 3, 1965.
In 1966 U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Cuban Adjustment Act to provide the immigrants with a quick path to legal residency. While the law originally called for applicants to have resided in the United States for at least two years, the requirement was lowered to one year in 1976. In addition, the individual was not required to have ...
Oct 23, 2015 · October marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law at a public ceremony held at the base of the Statute of Liberty. The act is rightly celebrated for dismantling the infamous “national origins” quota system that gave special preference to ...
Oct 23, 2023 · By David Leonhardt. October 23, 2023. “T his bill that we will sign today is not a revolutionary bill,” President Lyndon B. Johnson said as he put his signature on the Immigration and ...
This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. It was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. In a nationally televised address on June 6 ...
Oct 14, 2020 · On October 3, 1965 —55 years ago this month—President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Hart-Celler Immigration Amendments Act with the Statute of Liberty as his backdrop. This landmark legislation repealed the race- and nationality-based quota law that had been in place since the 1920s, altering the racial and ethnic composition of the United ...
Great Society. The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and 1965. The term was first referenced during a 1964 speech by Johnson at Ohio University, [1] then later formally presented at the University of Michigan, and came to represent his domestic agenda. [2]
