The law that broke immigration

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🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Supporters of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act pledged it wouldn’t radically change immigration. David Leonhardt, author of Ours Was the Shining Future, explains how it instead led to what might be the largest wave of immigration in human history. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The mayor of New York says immigrants could destroy the city.
0:05.0	Never in my life have I had a problem that I did not see in Indian 2.
0:11.0	I don't see an Indian to this.
0:13.0	The governor of Texas is putting up razor wire fences and floating barriers.
0:18.0	Texans have a backbone and a will to secure a border.
0:21.0	Two things that Joe Biden does not have.
0:24.0	The leading Republican presidential candidate would like to finish building a wall.
0:28.0	The leading Democratic candidate things won't do a thing.
0:31.0	Things feel as stuck as ever.
0:33.0	But coming up on today explain, we're going to take you back to a time where you could pass sweeping immigration law in this country.
0:38.0	We're going to look at a 1965 bill that might have led to the biggest wave of immigration in human history,
0:45.0	but also maybe broke immigration in the United States, in the process,
0:50.0	and we're going to ask whether this law can teach us anything about how to fix it.
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