In 1965, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act, which eliminated restrictions racial, ethnic, and national origin restrictions on immigration and established priority immigration procedures for family reunification.
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Joseph Rainey (R-SC), born into slavery, was the first African-American elected to the House of Representatives.
Before she became Vice President, Kamala Harris was the first South Asian-American woman elected to the Senate