26 May 1924
Legislation / immigrationSupplement
Johnson–Reed Act entrenches national-origins quotas
United States; Asian and southern/eastern European migrants
The act based restrictive quotas on the 1890 census and excluded immigrants ineligible for citizenship, extending Asian exclusion. It privileged selected European origins within a racialized conception of national belonging.
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Context / qualification
The Western Hemisphere was treated differently; avoid presenting the quota formula as universal.