How Black Americans Influenced Immigration

History of Immigration in the US And How Did We Get Here

Before 1890, before Slavic and Italian immigrants arrived in America, the United States created a permanent quota system based on “national origin.” It limited the number of immigrants that could be admitted to the U.S. to two percent of the total number of individuals from each nationality.

The National Origins Act (May 26, 1924), was a United States federal law that prevented immigration from Asia and set quotas on the number of…