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After
Congress changed the law again in 1990, immigration levels have
had little resemblance to our nation's immigration tradition.
Today's
immigration bears no resemblance to our nation's traditions
Questions
about the illustration above
• Why did Congress change
the law in 1990?
• What happened in the early
1990s?
• Why did Congress change
the law in 1965?
• Does the bar graph include illegal
aliens?
• What was the context of the 1776-1965
era and what does that tradition have to do with today?
• Wasn't 1925-65 an era of anti-immigrant sentiment and low numbers that defied
America's traditional openness? What kind of tradition is that to
want to imitate?
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