The Immigration Act of 1965 (also known as the Hart-Celler Act) abolished the national-origin quotas that had been in place in the United States since the Immigration Act of 1924. Immigrants were to be admitted by their skills and professions rather than by their nationality. The United States Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act) limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of person from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ...

An annual limitation of 170,000 visas was established for immigrants from Eastern Hemisphere countries with no more than 20,000 per country. By 1968, the annual limitation from the Western Hemisphere was set at 120,000 immigrants, with visas available on a first-come, first-served basis. The Eastern Hemisphere of the Earth is a little-used concept because there is no obvious demarcation line separating it from the Western Hemisphere, to act the way the equator divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. ... The Western Hemisphere contains The Americas and nearby islands. ... The phrase first come, first served (sometimes first-come, first-serve or simply FCFS) indicates the policy of a particular establishment to attend to the requests of customers or clients in the order that they arrived, without other biases or preferences. ...

The House of Representatives voted 326 to 69 in favor. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 76 to 18.President Lyndon Johnson signed the legislation into law. The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ...

The Act was influenced by the Civil Rights Movement. The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all citizens of United States. ...

The Act also began the rejuvenation of the Asian American community in the United States by abolishing the strict quotas that had restricted immigration from Asia since 1882. Increased numbers of Asian immigrants then began arriving, renewing Asian communities that had nearly died out. An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

See also: List of United States Immigration Acts There have been a number of Immigration Acts in the United States. ...