Heart Cellar Act Analysis

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In chapter twelve president John F. Kennedy said that anyone was welcomed to enter the U.S only if they were coming from Nothern Europe. The Cold War exposed a domestic shortage of workers. Since the country was indeed of workers Emanuel Cellar made a bill name "Heart-Cellar Act of 1965"(Lee316). The Heart Cellar Act abolished the quota system that structured American immigration. The bill replaced it with a system that focused on immigrants skills and family. Restrictions on visas were set at 170,000 per year.