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A brief transition period, 1924-1927 (later extended to 1929), was set aside to
work out all the details associated with establishing quotas. Annual quotas during
this interim were set at 2 percent of each nationality that had resided in the
country ...
A brief transition period, 1924-1927 (later extended to 1929), was set aside to
work out all the details associated with establishing quotas. Annual quotas during
this interim were set at 2 percent of each nationality that had resided in the
country ...
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immigrants on the basis of their having close relatives who were already U.S.
citizens, but the fact that the United States was "a nation of immigrants" meant
that other, political, means of circumventing the quota restrictions had to be found
for ...
immigrants on the basis of their having close relatives who were already U.S.
citizens, but the fact that the United States was "a nation of immigrants" meant
that other, political, means of circumventing the quota restrictions had to be found
for ...
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In the twenty years following implementation of the national-origins system in
1929, only 27 percent of the existing quotas were used. Even including nonquota
persons, total immigration was only about 75 percent of the anticipated quota
level.
In the twenty years following implementation of the national-origins system in
1929, only 27 percent of the existing quotas were used. Even including nonquota
persons, total immigration was only about 75 percent of the anticipated quota
level.
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Contents
The Study of U S Immigration Policy | 1 |
The Quest for a Policy on Immigration | 16 |
The Legal Immigration System 19651984 | 61 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Immigration Policy and the American Labor Force |
| Author | Vernon M. Briggs |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 17 Oct 2007 |
| ISBN | 0801831687, 9780801831683 |
| Length | 294 pages |
| Subjects | › Political Science / General |
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