Immigration to America

 The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, commonly known as the Hart-Celler Act, was signed by President Lyndon Johnson on October 3, 1965.  The act abolished the national origins quota system that had been in place since the 1920s, which favored immigrants from Northern and Western Europe.  The new law radically changed immigration into the US, as people from third world nations began to pour into America.

Obviously, immigrants from Europe sharing common ancestry with the original colonists, would assimilate much more easily.

America’s politicians knew what the 1965 Hart-Celler Act would do to the ethnic composition of the United States, but they lied to get it passed.

(D) Sen. Ted Kennedy stated, “The bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. It will not upset the ethnic mix of our society.”  

(R) Sen. Hugh Scott said, “Our cultural pattern will never be changed as far as America is concerned.”

After signing the Hart-Celler Act into law, (D) President Lyndon B. Johnson said: “It does not affect the lives of millions. It will not reshape the structure of our daily lives.”

None of this was true.

-  Adam Johnston Senior Contributor @FDRLST