CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION BY EDWARD M. KENNEDY
FOREWORD BY ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN
Chapter 1: A Nation of Nations
Chapter 2: Why They Came
Chapter 3: Waves of Immigration—The Pre-Revolutionary Forces
Chapter 4: Waves of Immigration—The Post-Revolutionary Forces
Chapter 5: The Immigrant Contribution
Chapter 6: Immigration Policy
Chapter 7: Where We Stand
Appendix A: The United States of America—A Nation of Immigrants
Appendix B: Chronology of Immigration
Appendix B-1: Major Immigration Policy Developments Since 1963
Appendix C: Suggested Reading
Appendix D: Text of President John F. Kennedy’s Proposals to Liberalize the Immigration Statutes (July 23, 1963)
Appendix E: Selected Comments on President Kennedy’s Message
Also by John F. Kennedy
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