Immigration Act of 1965
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The Immigration Act of 1965 was put in place to improve the
already in place immigration laws. This act was need much sooner then 1965. As Oscar Handlin said about the old laws “Their intention was, presumably, to give the U.S. a stable flow of newcomers, fixed at a little over 150,000 a year” (4). The laws were very outdated and didn’t take into account refugees. The moment that the bill was signed by
President Lyndon B. Johnson was captured in a photo that was in Life magazine as seen to the left (5). The new laws covered more and new types of situations. Mae M. Ngai pointed out that the new Immigration and Nationality Act was “generally attribute the vast changes in the demographics of the United States of the last quarter century” (6).
already in place immigration laws. This act was need much sooner then 1965. As Oscar Handlin said about the old laws “Their intention was, presumably, to give the U.S. a stable flow of newcomers, fixed at a little over 150,000 a year” (4). The laws were very outdated and didn’t take into account refugees. The moment that the bill was signed by
President Lyndon B. Johnson was captured in a photo that was in Life magazine as seen to the left (5). The new laws covered more and new types of situations. Mae M. Ngai pointed out that the new Immigration and Nationality Act was “generally attribute the vast changes in the demographics of the United States of the last quarter century” (6).