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1 U. C. Davis J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 227 (1995)
A Nation That Welcomes Immigrants-An Historical Examination of United States Immigration Policy

handle is hein.journals/ucdl1 and id is 233 raw text is: A NATION THAT WELCOMES IMMIGRANTS? AN HISTORICAL EXAMINATION OF UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION POLICY James F. Smith* INTRODUCTION ................................. 228 I. THE HISTORY OF UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION LEGISLATION ................. 228 A. Selective Admissions ..................... 229 B. National Origin Quotas (1921-1965) ......... 232 C. The Elimination of the Quota System and Illegalization of the Mexican Worker (1952, 1965-1976) . .................... 233 D. The Immigration Act of 1965 ............... 233 E. Immigration Legislation (1970-76) .......... 235 F. The Refugee Act of 1980 .................. 236 G. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 .... 236 H. The Immigration Act of 1990 ............... 241 II. POLICIES TOWARD MEXIcO (1930-64): REPATRIATION, BRACEROS, OPERATION WETBACK, THE WETBACK ACT; OPERATION JOBS AND IRCA ............. 242 A. Repatriation (1930)..................... 243 B. Braceros ............................ 244 C. Operation Wetback & Operation Jobs ......... 245 CONCLUSION ....................................... 247 * Senior Lecturer, University of California, Davis School of Law. B.S. 1964, Arizona State University at Tempe; J.D. 1967, University of California at Berkeley.

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