The Immigration Act of 1924 was considered outdated by the 1960s because

The 1924 law based immigration limits on national origins, but by the 1960s migration patterns and the needs of the United States had changed. This made the old quota system seem outdated. The correct choice is “immigration patterns were changing”; the law was not considered outdated because Asian immigration had stopped or because more immigrants were arriving from Europe.

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