Here’s an interesting tidbit… Did you know the Immigration and Nationality Act was first introduced in Congress in 1960, even though it finally passed in 1965?
The reason it took so long to pass is because it started during the Kennedy administration. When it was in the early stages of being introduced there were three Congressman who opposed the idea of immigration reform. They were: Senator James Eastland from Mississippi, Ohio Rep. Michael Feighan, and Rep. Francis Walter of Pennsylvania. ALL THREE controlled the immigration subcommittees, and ALL THREE WERE DEMOCRATS! Yet, in 1965 President Lyndon Baines Johnson turned up the heat on congress to get immigration reform done.
