One Mighty And Irresistible Tide The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965.

Named a Most Anticipated Book of May 2020 by The New York Times, the Washington Post, and Kirkus Reviews. A sweeping history of the twentieth-century battle to reform American immigration laws that set the stage for today's roiling debates. The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants is at the core of the American narrative. But in 1924, Congress instituted a system of ethnic quotas so stringent that it choked off large-scale im...