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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP16808
	DP16808 Opening Heaven’s Door: Public Opinion and Congressional Votes on the 1965 Immigration Act
	Giovanni Facchini; Timothy Hatton; Max Steinhardt
发表日期	2021-12-13
出版年	2021
语种	英语
摘要	The Immigration Act of 1965 marked a dramatic shift in policy and one with major long term consequences for the volume and composition of immigration to the United States. Here we explore the political economy of a reform that has been overshadowed by the Civil Rights and Great Society programs. We find that public opinion was against expanding immigration, but it was more favorable to abolishing the old country of origin quota system. Votes in the House of Representatives and the Senate were more closely linked to opinion on abolishing the country of origin quotas than to public opinion on the volume of immigration. Support for immigration reform initially followed in the slipstream of civil rights legislation both among members of Congress and their constituents. The final House vote, on a more restrictive version of the bill, was instead more detached from state-level public opinion on civil rights and gained more support from those whose constituents wanted to see immigration decreased.
主题	Economic History
关键词	Us immigration policy 1965 immigration act Congressional voting
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp16808
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/545738
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Giovanni Facchini,Timothy Hatton,Max Steinhardt. DP16808 Opening Heaven’s Door: Public Opinion and Congressional Votes on the 1965 Immigration Act. 2021.