"A sweeping history of the legislative battle to reform American immigration laws that set the stage for the immigration debates roiling America today. The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants is today so pervasive, and seems so foundational, that it can be hard to...
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"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 immigration for decades, sharply curtailing arrivals from southern and eastern...
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 ...