Post-1965 Immigration and Nationality Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Post-1965_Immigration_and_Nationality_Act
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:abolished national origins quota system
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Hart–Celler_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952
gptkbp:annualCap 120,000 from Western Hemisphere
170,000 from Eastern Hemisphere
gptkbp:category gptkb:Immigration_law_in_the_United_States
1965 in American law
United States federal immigration and nationality legislation
gptkbp:cosponsor gptkb:Philip_Hart
gptkbp:dateEnacted October 3, 1965
gptkbp:effectOnDemographics increased diversity in the United States
gptkbp:effectOnImmigration increased immigration from Asia, Africa, and Latin America
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:89th_United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Post-1965 Immigration and Nationality Act
gptkbp:influenced subsequent U.S. immigration policy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:introducedFamilyReunification true
gptkbp:introducedSkilledImmigration true
gptkbp:perCountryLimit 20,000
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Pub.L._89–236
gptkbp:replacedBy national origins quota system
gptkbp:section Section 202 (per-country ceilings)
Section 203 (preference system)
Section 212 (exclusions)
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Liberty_Island
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Emanuel_Celler
gptkbp:title An Act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Americans
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7