Hart-Celler Turns 50.

UNITED States. Immigration & Nationality Act Amendments of 1965; UNITED States -- Emigration & immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century; UNDOCUMENTED immigrants -- United States -- Legal status, laws, etc.; LIBERALISM -- United States -- History -- 20th century; CIVIL rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century

The author argues that the U.S. Hart-Cellar Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 has benefited the U.S. through mass immigration. Topics include the relation between the law's nationality quotas and the undocumented status of many immigrants, the relation of the law to civil-rights legislation, and changes to U.S. demographics as a result of the law. The role of liberalism in the passage of Hart-Celler is noted.