Speech #1040259033

On Friday. I pointed out the achievements of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. the Civil Rights Act of 1964. the Voting Rights Act. and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Furthermore. in 1965 we changed the immigration laws. eliminating the national origin quota system that determined which immigrants would be able to come to the United States. We eliminated the AsianPacific triangle that restricted Asian immigration to 125 Asians a year. which was really a throwback to the period at the turn of the century known as the "Great Period of the Yellow Peril." A period of great sadness and discrimination. We made progress on race. We made progress on ethnicity. religion. and national origin during that period of time.