Enacted on May 26, 1924, the Johnson–Reed Immigration Act is one of the most controversial and critical pieces of legislation in American history. Its namesake, Representative Albert Johnson (R-WA), worked tirelessly to pass this bill, which he believed would stop “a stream of alien blood, with all its inherited misconceptions respecting the relationships of the governing power to the governed.”
Today, Old Glory Club member Grant Brooks is joined by guest Jacob Lloyd Colglazier to discuss this hallmark piece of legislation, as well as its broader context.
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