How did the civil rights movement influence the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965?

The civil rights movement challenged racial discrimination and unequal treatment under the law. That helped build support for ending the immigration quota system, which favored immigrants from northern and western Europe and discriminated against other regions. The Immigration Act of 1965 replaced those quotas with a system based mainly on family reunification and occupational skills, so the best choice is abolishing policies that favored white Europeans.

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