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feb 3, 1921 - Emergency Quota Act of 1921

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Different from other immigration laws by establishing a cap on the number of admissions equal to around 350,000 for immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere except for immediate relatives. First American immigration law that emphasized family-based immigration.

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