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SUMMARY:100 Years Later\, How Has The Immigration Act of 1924 Changed America?
DESCRIPTION:100 Years Later\, How Has The Immigration Act of 1924 Changed 
 America?\nA panel discussion hosted by the Calvin Coolidge Presidential 
 Library & Museum\n\nJoin us on Thursday November 14\, 2024 at 6:30 PM in 
 the Coolidge Museum or livestream on You Tube.  The program will be 
 recorded.  \n\nOne hundred years ago\, President Calvin Coolidge signed 
 what was arguably the most controversial and consequential bill of his 
 administration: "An Act To limit the immigration of aliens into the United 
 States\, and for other purposes\," often referred to as "The Immigration 
 Act of 1924."\n\nAs described by the U.S. State Department's Office of the 
 Historian\, "The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants 
 allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. The 
 quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of 
 people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national 
 census. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia\," but did not 
 "establish quotas of any kind for residents of the Western Hemisphere." The 
 national origin quota system would remain in effect until "The Immigration 
 and Nationality Act of 1965" overhauled America's immigration 
 policies.\n\nHow did the law change America over the course of the last 100 
 years? Did the law work as its authors intended? Even though the quota 
 system has been replaced\, to what extent is the law's restrictionist 
 philosophy continuing to impact policy and national sentiment towards 
 immigrants?\n\nTo help answer these questions\, the Calvin Coolidge 
 Presidential Library & Museum will be exploring the history of immigration 
 in America over the last 100 years with two immigration experts.\n\nDr. 
 Rebecca Hamlin (University of Massachusetts-Amherst\, Professor of Legal 
 Studies and Political Science) focuses her research on law and immigration 
 politics\, and migrant categorization and the concept of a refugee. She is 
 currently researching the intersection between immigration restrictionism 
 and the expansion of Native American citizenship in 1924. She recently 
 published the book "Crossing: How We Label and React to People on the 
 Move."\n\n \n\nDr. Razvan "Raz" Sibii (University of Massachusetts Amherst 
 - Senior Lecturer II in Journalism) researches and writes about issues of 
 language\, identity construction\, immigration and incarceration. He writes 
 a monthly column about immigration for the Daily Hampshire Gazette\, and is 
 a regular contributor to several Romanian-language publications.\n\nThe 
 discussion will be moderated by Bill Scher\, Vice President of the Calvin 
 Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum Standing Committee. It will be held 
 in person at the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum\, and will 
 also be live streamed.  Video of the event will be made available on the 
 Forbes Library YouTube channel at 
 https://www.youtube.com/live/jkST4Z6Q--k\n\n \n\n"100 Years Later\, How Has 
 the Immigration Act of 1924 Changed America?" is part of the museum's 
 "Coolidge Centennial" series of events\, assessing the legacy of Coolidge 
 presidency.
LOCATION:Coolidge Museum
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Bartlett":MAILTO:jbartlett@forbeslibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Adult Events, Coolidge, One-Time Events
CONTACT;CN="Julie Bartlett":MAILTO:jbartlett@forbeslibrary.org
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