Opening Heaven’s Door: Public Opinion and Congressional Votes on the 1965 Immigration Act
研究了1965年移民法案的国会投票是否与公众意见一致，发现废除国籍配额符合民意，但限制移民总量的意愿未被采纳。
The 1965 Immigration Act represented a radical shift in U.S. policy, which has been credited with dramatically expanding the volume and changing the composition of immigration. Its passing has often been described as the result of political machinations negotiated within Congress without regard to public opinion. We show that congressional voting was consistent with public opinion on abolishing the country-of-origin quotas but not with the desire to limit the volume of immigration. While the former initially reflected attitudes toward civil rights, the latter is consistent with contemporary expectations that the expansion in numbers would be modest.