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On October 3, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson traveled to New York Harbor, where, in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, he signed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Johnson assured his audience that the new law was “not a revolutionary bill. It does not affect the lives of millions. It will not reshape the structure of our daily lives, or really add importantly to either our wealth or our power.”1 The half century since its passage has proven Lyndon Johnson’s prediction wrong. Contrary to his forecast, the 1965 act stands as the foundation of recent immigration policy, and its passage marks a crucial turning point in US history more broadly. What’s New about the “New” Immigration? brings together a diverse range of scholars to investigate the central role of migration in recent American history, from cities to suburbs, in mosques and churches, at border checkpoints and in the voting booth.
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Halter, M., Capozzola, C. (2014). Introduction. In: Halter, M., Johnson, M.S., Viens, K.P., Wright, C.E. (eds) What’s New about the “New” Immigration?. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137483850_1
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