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1924
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1940
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1924
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1924
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1940
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{"value"=>"<p>American Irish Historical Society, the Friends of Irish Freedom, the Clan-na-Gael, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and other organizations. Their aim was to have the Act repealed, their objection being the National Origins Quota. The Quota limited the number of immigrants from a given country allowed into the United States to 2% of the population of that group already in the country. The 1890 census was used to establish population numbers. The Committee felt that the Irish population numbers were wrong and that more Irish immigrants should be allowed into the United States. The Act was revised by Congress in 1952.</p> <p>This series contains correspondence, articles, statistics, and invoices from the various organizations that constituted the Joint Committee on the Immigration Act of 1924.</p>"}
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