Joseph Rainey (R-SC), born into slavery, was the first African-American elected to the House of Representatives.
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Before she became Vice President, Kamala Harris was the first South Asian-American woman elected to the Senate
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.