The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965: Legislating a New America

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Edited by Gabriel J. Chin, University of California Davis School of Law, Rose Cuison Villazor, University of California Davis School of Law

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: October 2015
Print publication year:: 2015
Online ISBN:: 9781316018828
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316018828

Subjects:: Area Studies, Socio-Legal Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Politics and International Relations

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Along with the civil rights and voting rights acts, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 is one of the most important bills of the civil rights era. The Act's political, legal, and demographic impact continues to be felt, yet its legacy is controversial. The 1965 Act was groundbreaking in eliminating the white America immigration policy in place since 1790, ending Asian exclusion, and limiting discrimination against Eastern European Catholics and Jews. At the same time, the Act discriminated against gay men and lesbians, tied refugee status to Cold War political interests, and shattered traditional patterns of Mexican migration, setting the stage for current immigration politics. Drawing from studies in law, political science, anthropology, and economics, this book will be an essential tool for any scholar or student interested in immigration law.

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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
pp i-i

Frontispiece
pp ii-ii

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Notes on Contributors
pp vii-xii

Foreword
pp xiii-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-8

Part I - The Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965
pp 9-194

1 - Were the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965 Antiracist?
pp 11-59

2 - African Migration to the United States
pp 60-115

3 - The Beginning of the End
pp 116-170

4 - The Last Preference
pp 171-194

Part II - The 1965 Immigration Act and the Policy of Family Unification
pp 195-270

5 - The 1965 Immigration Act
pp 197-231

6 - Workers without Families
pp 232-247

7 - Sexual Deviants Need Not Apply
pp 248-270

Part III - The 1965 Immigration Act and Employment-Based Immigration
pp 271-312

8 - Coming to America
pp 273-291

9 - The Impact of 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act on the Evolution of Temporary Guest Worker Programs, or How the 1965 Act Punted on Creating a Rightful Place for Mexican Worker Migration
pp 292-312

Part IV - Political and Economic Issues
pp 313-368

10 - The 1965 Immigration Act
pp 315-347

Appendices
pp 343-346

Appendices
pp 347-347

11 - Economic Performance of Immigrants Following the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
pp 348-368

Index
pp 369-387

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