"[It] represented the most far reaching revision of immigration policy in the United States since the First Quota Act of 1924"
~ Elizabeth J. Harper, Immigration Laws of the United States
The New Face of Immigration
For the first time in American history, the majority of immigrants were not European. They were Asians, Latinos, and Africans- the swirl of colors that make up the America of today. The racial and ethnic composition of America has forever changed.
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"Congress was saying in its debates, 'We need to open the door for some more British doctors, some more German engineers.' It never occurred to anyone, literally, that there were going to be African doctors, Indian engineers, Chinese computer programmers who'd be able, for the first time in the 20th century, to immigrate to America."
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"How Immigrants Are Shaping the World's First Multicultural Society" ~ Time Magazine
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"The Changing National Origins Mix of Legal Immigrants
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"This country was once really a white country and that is not true any more. What difference does that make? I think the United States is a lot more multicultural, a lot more cosmopolitan, and is a lot more sophisticated than the rest of the world. But that change, that it used to be a predominantly white country with an additional minority group of mainly African Americans, and a tiny number of Asian Americans, and an even smaller number of Native Americans, plus a handful of Latinos .... That was the world in the 1940 s and 1950 s. That was America. It is simply not that way anymore.
~ Oral Interview, Gabriel Chin, Professor of Immigration Law, University of California, Davis, School of Law, Feb 2013
~ Oral Interview, Gabriel Chin, Professor of Immigration Law, University of California, Davis, School of Law, Feb 2013
Diversified Voter Demographics
The effects of a half-century of non-white mass migration is beginning to emerge (US Census, May 2013) as Hispanic and Asian populations cast their election votes. They are shaping the future of traditional America.
"Overall, in the last five presidential elections, the non-Hispanic White share of total votes cast dropped by about 9 percentage points. In comparison, between 1996 and 2012, the Hispanic share of total votes cast increased by about 4 percentage points.." ~ The Diversifying Electorate—Voting Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin in 2012, US Census,
May 2013
"Overall, in the last five presidential elections, the non-Hispanic White share of total votes cast dropped by about 9 percentage points. In comparison, between 1996 and 2012, the Hispanic share of total votes cast increased by about 4 percentage points.." ~ The Diversifying Electorate—Voting Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin in 2012, US Census,
May 2013