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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act) - Immigration History. 1965. This law set the main principles for immigration regulation still enforced today. It applied a system of preferences for family reunification (75 percent), employment (20 percent), and. refugees.
Oct 15, 2015 · Commemorating the 50th anniversary of passage of the Immigration Act of 1965, a symposium with distinguished experts on the political and policy dynamics that came together to make the law possible, how it changed the U.S. legal immigration system and the country's demographics, and what these and other changes mean for the nation’s future.
ARTICLE: Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, radically altering U.S. policy and reshaping the demographic profile of the United States. Examining the foreign policy and domestic concerns leading to the law's enactment, David S. FitzGerald and David Cook-Martín argue that the demise ...
Oct 2, 2015 · October 2, 2015. The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, whose 50th anniversary comes on October 3, officially committed the United States, for the first time, to accepting immigrants of...
Jan 16, 2019 · January 16, 20191:45 PM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. By. Dave Davies. 36-Minute Listen. Playlist. For many years, U.S. immigration favored immigrants from northern Europe. NPR correspondent Tom...
Sep 17, 2015 · The Immigration Act of 1965 abolished this quota system and eliminated the formally racial character of immigration to the United States. The act aimed for immigration law to distinguish between hemispheres of origin, instead of discriminating on the basis of ethnicity or race.
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of passage of the Immigration Act of 1965, this Migration Policy Institute (MPI) symposium featured distinguished experts discussing the political and policy dynamics that came together to make the law possible, how it changed the.
