Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Hart–Celler_Act
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| gptkbp:amendedBy |
gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952
|
| gptkbp:annualCap |
170,000 visas per year from Eastern Hemisphere
20,000 visas per country 120,000 visas per year from Western Hemisphere (until 1976) |
| gptkbp:category |
1965 in American law
Civil rights legislation Immigration law |
| gptkbp:cosponsor |
gptkb:Philip_Hart
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
October 3, 1965
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:89th_United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:excludes |
immediate relatives of U.S. citizens from numerical restrictions
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Immigration Act of 1965
|
| gptkbp:impact |
increased immigration from Asia, Africa, and Latin America
changed demographic composition of the United States |
| gptkbp:locationSigned |
gptkb:Liberty_Island,_New_York
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| gptkbp:preferenceCategories |
employment-based immigration
family reunification |
| gptkbp:publicLawNumber |
gptkb:Pub.L._89–236
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| gptkbp:purpose |
abolish national origins quota system
establish new immigration policy based on reuniting families and attracting skilled labor |
| gptkbp:quotaSystem |
replaced with preference system
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965
|
| gptkbp:repealedBy |
gptkb:National_Origins_Formula
|
| gptkbp:section |
Title II of the Act amended the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
|
| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
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| gptkbp:sponsor |
gptkb:Emanuel_Celler
|
| gptkbp:startDate |
June 30, 1968
|
| gptkbp:title |
An Act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:United_States_immigration
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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