Contents: 1. A legacy of discrimination -- Part I A review of U.S. Immigration history -- 2. The colonial era and the …-societal cultural distances. Prior to the Immigration Act of 1965, U.S. policy favored immigration from Europe, particularly Northern …-1920 -- 4. The national origin quota system: quantitative restrictions, 1921-1967 -- 5. A pivot in U.S. Immigration Policy, 1968 …