| − | For over a century, only White people were allowed to become citizens in the U.S.A. with certain exceptions including African American former slaves and indigenous peoples. In the early 1920s, Eastern Europeans had a tougher time moving into the United States due to the Immigration Act of 1927 which established quotas over concerns of [[Communist]] revolutionaries entering the United States. However, in 1965 a longtime Jewish representative from [[New York City]], [[Emanuel Celler]] wrote a bill called the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]], better known as the Hart–Celler Act, which abolished quotas and established a lottery system required to immigrate into the United States, resulting in a mass influx of immigrants from all over the world. Anyone who questions it is generally deemed to be a racist. | + | For over a century, only White people were allowed to become citizens in the U.S.A. with certain exceptions including African American former slaves and indigenous peoples. In the early 1920s, Eastern Europeans had a tougher time moving into the United States due to the Immigration Act of 1927 which established quotas over concerns of [[Communist]] revolutionaries entering the United States. However, in 1965 a longtime Jewish representative from [[New York City]], [[Emanuel Celler]] wrote a bill called the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]], better known as the Hart–Celler Act, which abolished quotas and established a lottery system to immigrate into the United States, resulting in a mass influx of immigrants from all over the world. Anyone who questions it is generally deemed to be a racist. |