1965 Immigration Law Changed Face of America
by Jennifer Ludden
May 09, 2006By the 1960s, Greeks, Poles, Portuguese and Italians were complaining that immigration quotas discriminated against them in favor of Western Europeans. The Democratic Party took up their cause, led by President John F. Kennedy. In a June 1963 speech to the American Committee on Italian Migration, Kennedy called the system of quotas in place back then " nearly intolerable."
After Kennedy's assassination, Congress passed, and President Lyndon Johnson, signed the Immigration and Naturalization Act. It leveled the immigration playing field, giving a nearly equal shot to newcomers from every corner of the world. The ceremony was held at the foot of the symbolically powerful Statue of Liberty. Yet President Johnson tried to downplay the law's significance. "This bill that we will sign today is not a revolutionary bill. It does not affect the lives of millions. It will not reshape the structure of our daily lives or add importantly to either our wealth or our power."
A democrap lying through his teeth over and over and over again to the American people. "If you like the makeup of your country, you can keep the makeup of your country." History indeed repeats.
The problem was not the US law, the problem is the Roman Catholic Church.
The population pressure resulting from the Roman Catholic directives to propagate produced stress on the border. That stress has proved unmanageable.
The current in migration is not all Catholic to be sure but results from the heritage in Mexico.
The Church recognizes no political boundaries or civil differentiation. It is the Church. That is the fact in spite of apologies to the contrary by the American church leaders
This is not an anti Catholic rant but an exposition of truth
Greeks, Poles and Portuguese were not the groups that provided most of the lobbying for this law.
During debate on the Senate floor, Senator Kennedy, speaking of the effects of the act, said, “...our cities will not be flooded with a million immigrants annually.... Secondly, the ethnic mix of this country will not be upset....”.
Rot in Hell, Teddy. Rot in Hell.