A century ago, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act, also known as the Immigration Act of 1924, which precipitated a two-generation-long pause in mass migration. Upon ...

Immigration dropped from 707,000 in 1924 to 294,000 in 1925. Within a year, more than 400,000 fewer job seekers entered the U.S.

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“100 Years Later, How Has the Immigration Act of 1924 Changed America?” was moderated by Bill Scher and featured scholars Rebecca Hamlin and Razvan Sibii in the Calvin Coolidge Presidential ...

The act remained in effect until 1947. 4.Immigration Act of 1924 In this 1938 photo, prospective immigrants line up outside the U.S. consulate in Vienna after the German annexation of Austria.

If Mr. Powell wants to consider the blessings of mass immigration in the early 21st century, he also should evaluate how the 1924 act enabled immigrants to escape poverty's grip. JOHN F. ROHE ...

The legislation immediately resulted in immigration dropping from 707,000 in 1924 to 294,000 in 1925 — and to less than 200,000 a year, on average, over the next three decades.