Before 1965, immigration law explicitly prohibited most Africans, Asians and Latin Americans from migrating to the US. #MarchON
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Replying to @aurabogado
@aurabogado Actually no quota on western hemisphere immigration before '65. Hart-Celler capped it at 120k. Then 20k/country cap added in '761 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @adamsigoodman
.@adamsigoodman has correctly pointed out that there was no quota on Western hemisphere immigration before 65. Thank you for catching that!
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