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In the 1920s, restrictive immigration quotas were imposed but political refugees had special status. Numerical restrictions ended in 1965. In recent years, the largest numbers of immigrants to the United States have come from Asia and Central America (see Central American crisis).
- Immigration Act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including...
- Immigration to the United States
Exclusion laws enacted as early as the 1880s generally...
- Immigration Act of 1924
Key Facts. 1. In 1921 and 1924, the US Congress passed immigration laws that severely limited the number and “national origin” of new immigrants. These laws did not change in the 1930s, as desperate Jewish refugees attempted to immigrate from Nazi Germany. 2. After World War II, the American people continued to oppose increased immigration.
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Dec 21, 2018 · 1965: The Immigration and Nationality Act overhauls the American immigration system. The Act ends the national origin quotas enacted in the 1920s which favored some racial and ethnic groups...
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Sep 1, 2022 · Much of the immigration system devised in the 1920s remained in place until 1965, when Congress repealed the quota system in the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act.
Sep 28, 2015 · Reacting to the change in immigrant origins, laws enacted in the 1920s sought to return U.S. immigration patterns to those that prevailed decades earlier, when Northern Europeans were the largest group of immigrants.
