Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
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title:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
text:
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler Act and more recently as the 1965 Immigration Act, is a landmark federal law passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law abolished the National Origins Formula, which had been the basis of U.S. immigration policy since the 1920s. The act formally removed de facto discrimination against Southern and Eastern Europeans as well as Asians, in addition to other non-Weste
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American immigration law
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965
date created:
2003-09-29T20:55:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T08:13:05Z
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