Hatton, Timothy (2024) Opening Heaven’s Door: Public Opinion and Congressional Votes on the 1965 Immigration Act. The Journal of Economic History, 84 (1). pp. 232-270. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050723000529
Hatton, Timothy (2024) Opening Heaven’s Door: Public Opinion and Congressional Votes on the 1965 Immigration Act. The Journal of Economic History, 84 (1). pp. 232-270. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050723000529
Hatton, Timothy (2024) Opening Heaven’s Door: Public Opinion and Congressional Votes on the 1965 Immigration Act. The Journal of Economic History, 84 (1). pp. 232-270. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050723000529
Abstract
The 1965 Immigration Act represented a radical shift in US policy, which has been credited with dramatically expanding the volume and changing the composition of immigration. Its passing has often been described as the result of political machinations negotiated within Congress, without regard to public opinion. We show that congressional voting was consistent with public opinion on abolishing the country-of-origin quotas but not with the desire to limit the volume of immigration. While the former initially reflected attitudes over civil rights, the latter is consistent with contemporary expectations that the expansion in numbers would be modest.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | US immigration policy, 1965 Immigration Act, Congressional voting |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2024 15:18 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 21:24 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/37778 |
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