No provision of any national law is more distasteful to millions of Americans than the concept of judging the worth of men and women for immigration on the basis of place of birth or the ancestry of parents. Five successive Presidents--Franklin D. Roosevelt. Harry S. Truman. Dwight D. Eisenhower. John F. Kennedy. and President Johnsonhave all asked for a revision in the present method of choosing immigrants on the basis of their nationality. The only justification that can be made for the national origins quota system is that Americans with English or German or Irish names make better citizens than Americans of Italian. Greek. Polish. or Hungarian descent.
Identified stereotypes
Suggesting some nationalities make better citizens than others.