How A 1965 Immigration Law Changed America And The World

IBD reports:

Fifty years ago on Oct. 3, 1965, the most liberal immigration law in the world — the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) — was signed by President Johnson under the Statue of Liberty.

It was the last of the major Great Society laws to be passed during the emerging civil rights era. It became Sen. Ted Kennedy's lifetime legislative legacy. It truly changed the face of America. It has had a huge impact as well as on immigration laws throughout the Western world.

Its many unintended consequences can be seen today in the heart-wrenching, chaotic immigration crisis in Europe and on our southern border.

The story of the 1965 immigration law actually began in the 1920s, when our most selective and first comprehensive immigration law was passed — the National Origins Quota Act. That law allowed Northern European immigrants to come in without limit, while all other nationalities but Mexicans were placed on a highly restrictive quota.

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