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The Hard Truth About Immigration - The Atlantic

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If the United States wants to reduce inequality, it’s going to need to take an honest look at a contentious issue.

“T his bill that we will sign today is not a revolutionary bill,” President Lyndon B. Johnson said as he put his signature on the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, at the base of the Statue of Liberty. “It does not affect the lives of millions.” All that the bill would do, he explained, was repair the flawed criteria for deciding who could enter the country. “This bill says simply that from this day forth those wishing to immigrate to America shall be admitted on the basis of their skills and their close relationship to those already here.” Edward Kennedy, the 33-year-old senator who ha

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