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took place before he could complete the revision, but the book was posthumously published in 1964 with an introduction by his brother, then Attorney General
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The book was re-issued by the Anti-Defamation League in 2008. The 2018 edition was endorsed by former Secretary of State
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and anti-immigrant rhetoric, so he reached out to then-Senator Kennedy to write a manuscript on immigration reform.
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onwards, an analysis of the importance of immigration in US history, and proposals to liberalize immigration law.
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Subsequently, after gaining the presidency, Kennedy called on Congress to undertake a full reevaluation of
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The book was written by Kennedy in 1958, while he was still a senator. It was written as part of the
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and their recent descendants, who settled the country following the
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is a country whose population is predominantly made up of
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The book contains a short history of immigration from
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Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1961
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Index


John F. Kennedy
American immigration
ISBN
978-0-06-144754-9
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978-0-06-144754-9
American immigration
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
United States
immigrants
European colonization of the Americas
Thirteen Colonies
Anti-Defamation League
xenophobia
immigration law
The New York Times Magazine
Kennedy's assassination
Robert F. Kennedy
Madeleine K. Albright
Marco Rubio

Colonial America
"Book by President Kennedy To Be Published on Oct. 7"
"ADL and Harper Perennial Release 60th Anniversary Edition of John F. Kennedy's Classic Essay, "A Nation of Immigrants""
"How a Jewish Charity's Long Game Readied It for Today's Turbulence"
"A Nation of Immigrants"
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0-06-091367-3

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