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national origins quota: a standalone construct

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the 1924 law allotting immigration quotas by national origin, which built racial hierarchy into US immigration policy.

In history, national origins quota refers to the 1924 law allotting immigration quotas by national origin, which built racial hierarchy into US immigration policy. This meaning comes from Ngai (1999) in The Journal of American History.[1]

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hierarchy4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs origin2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs policy2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Ngai, M. M. (1999). The Architecture of Race in American Immigration Law: A Reexamination of the Immigration Act of 1924. The Journal of American History, 86(1), 67. https://doi.org/10.2307/2567407

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