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The Preliminary Hearing Plan + DSA’s Democrat Takeover
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Hart-Celler Act, Chain Migration, and the Save America Act
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Colvett zooms out to 1965, tracing the current immigration crisis to the Hart-Celler Act, which replaced national-origins quotas with a family-reunification preference system — exactly the 'chain migration' mechanism enabling 'tíos and tías and primas' to follow initial immigrants [1] — Andrew Colvett "The Hart-Celler Act of 1965 replaced national-origins quotas with a family-reunification system, exploding annual legal immigration from ro…" 1:10:00 . Ted Kennedy famously promised the law would not change America's demographic composition; it did the opposite, growing the foreign-born population from 5% to approximately 15% (roughly 60 million people today). A DSA candidate from Colorado, born in Addis Ababa after her father won the diversity visa lottery, is cited as an illustration of how random the current system is. Ogles then turns to legislative remedies: the House has passed the Save America Act, which polls above 80% across all racial, partisan, and ideological lines, yet the Senate has not moved it [2] — Andy Ogles "The Save America Act enjoys over 80% approval across all partisan, racial, and ideological lines — yet the Senate, under John Thune, refuse…" 1:07:50 . He calls out Majority Leader John Thune by name, saying that if he refuses to act on a clear popular mandate, he should get out of the way for someone like Mike Lee. Blake Neff adds that Republicans should also force up-or-down votes on individual immigration measures to put Democrats and RINO Republicans on the record.
The Hart-Celler Act of 1965 replaced national-origins quotas with a family-reunification system, exploding annual legal immigration from roughly 297,000 to 1.2 million. Ted Kennedy famously promised it would not change the demographic makeup of America. The foreign-born population has since grown from 5% to roughly 15% — some 60 million people.
The Hart-Celler Act of 1965 increased annual legal immigration from about 297,000 to roughly 1–1.2 million per year.
The US foreign-born population grew from 9.6 million (5% of the population) in 1965 to approximately 60 million, or about 15%, today.
Roughly 200,000 Afghans admitted under Biden have approximately 80% on welfare and 72–73% receiving free healthcare, according to Rep. Ogles.
Rep. Andy Ogles cited that US veterans are dying by suicide at a rate of 20 to 22 per day.
