MSNBC Velshi June 4, 2024 15:19:00
And had low quotas limiting the number of people allowed from each country and limiting all immigrants except those from western and northern europe. the impact of the bill was extreme. the u.s. saw a sharp decline in immigration, which lasted for the next 40 years. as a professor wrote recently, communities that lost immigrants because of the 1920 quotas received significantly less investment capital from the countries where the immigrants would've come from and businesses invest less abroad as a result. the lack of investment equals fewer jobs. the 1924 quotas led america to lose out on thou...
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