Heaven’s Door (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: George J. Borjas
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Economics and government
- Time of Work: The 1960’s to the late 1990’s
- Setting: The United States
- Genres: Nonfiction, Current affairs, Economics
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, United States or Americans, 1980’s, Immigration or emigration, Economics, 1990’s, Economic policy
- Locales: United States
In 1965, the United States drastically altered its immigration policy. For most of the twentieth century, immigrants had been admitted on the basis of a quota permitted from each nation, with a heavy bias in favor of those coming from northern and Western Europe. Legislation adopted in 1965 did away with national quotas, replacing them with a system of preferences. Family reunification became the first preference; those who had close family members in the United States were most likely to be allowed to enter.
Political figures who supported the 1965 change argued that the new...
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