The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 was a major law that overhauled the U.S. immigration system. It removed the previous quota system, which gave priority to white immigrants from Northern and Western Europe, with the current preference system that gives every country the same number of visas, while favoring skilled workers and family members of citizens. While the Immigration and Nationality Act allowed more migration from Asia to the U.S., it also put legal limits on immigration from Latin America for the first time, which contributed to a rise in undocumented immigration.
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Part 1, Chapter 6: Mexican José and Filipino Jose
...services, but he thought that “illegals” were always Latinx. He surely didn’t know about the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act , which allowed his family members to come to the U.S. but also created the...
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Part 2, Chapter 17: Outlaw
...don’t know that most of these immigrants are now Asian and Latinx because of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act , which the civil rights movement made possible. Unsurprisingly, Trump yearns to return to the...
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