[Albion Wilde]

It was inevitable when we were importing poverty. Thank you Bush family.

Don't forget the Kennedys:

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

[Mjaye]

Could we strive to be a Second World Country, if we tried really hard?

[zeestephen]

Re: “Don't forget the Kennedys”

And don't forget Ronald Reagan and the Reagan Amnesty of 1986.

I believe the original estimate was that 1 million illegal immigrants would apply.

From memory, the number is now close to 4 million, and immigrants from that era can still apply, 30 years later, even if they haven't lived in the USA for decades!

[Tours]

The 1965 immigration Bill started in the House. Known as the Hart-Celler. The mover and shaker in the Senate was New York Senator Jacob Javits. Kennedy was bit player.