As bad as the 1965 Act was the 1990 Immigration Act was worse because it combined the family chain laws with a doubling of legal immigration. Kennedy also had a large hand in that one too. Now unless the House stops them they're going to do it all over again only this time it will finally break the United States for good.
I know. Kennedy was the main author of that crappy legislation. The "leaders" are blind and stupid, and they're passing "laws" for us!! It beats all I've ever seen. The House is our last line of defense. Hopefully, the 14 incumbents who lost in the primaries drove home a message to those remaining that Americans are VERY angry about this new amnesty!!
The 1965 immigration act actually hasn't been all that bad for America. (It incidentally first limited immigration from countries of North and South America.) Despite the clearly erroneous predictions (with the benefit of hindsight), I can't think of any valid reasons to decry Asian immigration generally. And I certainly do NOT want to revert to a national-origins system that favors European immigrants, especially considering the penetration of socialism and Islamism throughout Europe.
That said, the Congress should terminate the extended-family-chain immigration system, especially those segments with a 23-year wait. Members of such extended families might qualify on their own merit; however, mere familial association with an American citizen should not give you any preferential treatment in a "merit-based" immigration system. We generally should allow approved immigrants to bring a spouse and minor children, although the family chain should stop there.
Any rational immigration policy will contain a "hard" cap on the total number of immigrants admitted annually as a proportion of the total population of the United States. This cap would include all members of an admitted immigrant family.
The Congress also should remove the right of any non-citizen to any form of welfare benefits, including Social Security payments, Medicare, and Medicaid. Although we might permit refugees to subsist off private charities for two years or less after their initial arrival, any immigrant who becomes or remains a public charge must be deported. Only a nation of idiots (like France) would allow immigrants to come for welfare benefits. Why should we import leeches who make no substantial contribution to our society? Contrary to popular belief (in Congress at least), the United States already sustains an excess of professional welfare recipients.