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  1. May 27, 2024 · One hundred years ago this week, the U.S. enacted a sweeping immigration law that changed the course of history. The 1924 Immigration Act created a system of quotas for immigrants based on race ...

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  2. The 1924 Johnson-Reed Act marked a schism in the country’s immigration history. How did the nation get to that point? Before the act, there were these smaller attempts to restrict immigration.

  3. Literacy Tests and “Asiatic Barred Zone”. In 1917, the U.S. Congress enacted the first widely restrictive immigration law. The uncertainty generated over national security during World War I made it possible for Congress to pass this legislation, and it included several important provisions that paved the way for the 1924 Act.

  4. The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including the Asian Exclusion Act and National Origins Act (Pub. L. 68–139, 43 Stat. 153, enacted May 26, 1924), was a United States federal law that prevented immigration from Asia and set quotas on the number of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe. [1][2] It also authorized the ...

  5. May 27, 2024 · It’s been 100 years since the 1924 Immigration Act was signed into law. ... How the 1924 Immigration Act changed the course of history ... The 1965 act ushered in a new era of immigration to ...

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  6. May 27, 2024 · It’s been 100 years since the 1924 Immigration Act was signed into law. It shaped the U.S. immigration system and established racial quotas.

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  8. Apr 23, 2024 · On April 23, 2024. On May 26, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Act, the first federal law in American history designed to establish permanent, comprehensive restrictions on immigration. It came at the end of a long, contentious process that debated the nature of American citizenship and identity along with the perceived ...

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