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Immigration and Nationality Act

United States · Economy / Labour Supply. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1965

Lyndon Baines Johnson3 October 1965

New York · Economy / Labour Supply

The Act replaces national-origin quotas with family and employment-based immigration priorities.

Names involved

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Provenance

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