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Fong co-sponsored<ref name=nytimes/> and voted for<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s232 TO PASS H.R. 2580, IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AMENDMENTS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved May 15, 2021.</ref> the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]] (also known as the [[Hart-Celler Act]]), which effectively replaced the [[McCarran-Walter Act]]. The legislation further removed nationality-based restrictions for naturalization and raised the quota cap.
Fong co-sponsored<ref name=nytimes/> and voted for<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s232 TO PASS H.R. 2580, IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AMENDMENTS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved May 15, 2021.</ref> the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]] (also known as the [[Hart-Celler Act]]), which effectively replaced the [[McCarran-Walter Act]]. The legislation further removed nationality-based restrictions for naturalization and raised the quota cap.
He retired from the Senate in 1976, partially due to jetlag from heading back and forth between the U.S. and Asian countries.<ref>Bernstein, Adam (August 19, 2004). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/08/19/hiram-fong-dies/a449dec8-5bcf-4676-8bac-e27f927dd7e1/
Hiram Fong Dies]. ''Washington Post''. Retrieved May 15, 2021.</ref>
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