Get a crash course on one of the most important US immigration laws of all time
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Tune out the chatter. Turn up the facts.

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Public anxiety about rising immigration to the US. Promises to block new arrivals. A tense election year.

Sound familiar?

We’re talking about 1924—not 2024
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Serving in the military can speed up an immigrant’s path to US citizenship. But not everyone is eligible

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Our podcast Changing Climate, Changing Migration has more than 30 episodes featuring conversations with top experts about the various ways climate change is affecting migration

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Can immigrants serve in the US armed forces?

YES

Naturalized citizens, green-card holders & some other immigrants are eligible to serve

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The US’s failure to provide safety to European Jews fleeing the Holocaust is often considered one of the darkest moments of US history

One law in particular was responsible for this. We take a look as the 1924 Immigration Act turns 100 this month: migrationpolicy.org/article/1924-u…

For years at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, immigration to the US was more or less unregulated. Almost everyone who showed up was let in

One law in particular—signed 100 years ago this month—slammed the door shut on that era migrationpolicy.org/article/1924-u…

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In the early 1900s, US immigration was growing dramatically. Then all of it sudden it plummeted

What did Congress do? ➡️ migrationpolicy.org/article/1924-u…

A century ago, the 1924 Immigration Act used racist ideas to design a system prioritizing Northern & Western Europeans & shutting out virtually everyone from Asia & Africa

Our Muzaffar Chishti & Julia Gelatt explain why the law’s impacts are still felt: migrationpolicy.org/article/1924-u…

Doing research on a particular country’s migration history? Just want to expand your horizons?

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The Ethiopian government has shaken up its policies to improve refugees’ access to education

What’s been the impact? And are there lessons for other countries?

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Immigrants have served in the US armed forces since the nation’s founding. These days, more than 1/4 of immigrant veterans come from Mexico or the Philippines

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You’ve got questions about current & historical immigrant populations in the US

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It’s illegal for noncitizens to vote in US federal elections, and there’s no evidence that unauthorized immigrants illegally vote in meaningful numbers

But from the 1700s to the start of World War II, 40 US states allowed noncitizens to vote at some level
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As countries seek solutions to acute labor shortages, employment- & skills-based mobility projects hold promise
That’s if these if challenges can be overcome:
✔️Mismatch between project duration and goals
✔️Difficulty securing private-sector engagement

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Migration is about so much more than numbers. It involves serious debates about how people—and countries—define themselves

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Immigrants account for a rising share of all veterans in the US

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