Tuesday 1 April 2014

1965 Immigration Act (Hart-Cellar Act)

Asian Americans had been excluded from entering the U.S. for more than half a century through the litany of anti-Asian immigration legislation passed in the years (1882, 1917, 1924, 1934) leading up to WWII. How did the 1965 Immigration Act (Hart-Cellar Act) change this situation? Why have so many well-educated Asians immigrated into the U.S. after the passage of this act? To what extent will Asian immigrants continue to enter the U.S. in the 21st century? Drawing upon evidence presented in the course reading (Timothy P.Fong - Chapter 3), make a case that Asian immigrants will continue to come in a steady pace to the U.S., or slow down significantly, or halt altogether.

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