In the 1990s, however, it was revealed that the âunidentified flying objectâ was a surveillance balloon from Project Mogul, a top-secret government project intending to spy on Soviet nuclear activity using microphones on high-altitude balloons. Once again, the truth is way less interesting.
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Turns 50. Fifty years ago this month, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood at the foot of the Statue of Liberty in New York City and signed into law the most sweeping U.S. immigration reform to dateâThe Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
Congress did not act on those recommendations, but in 1953 it did approve a commission proposal for separate quotas for refugees (Martin, 2011). The 1965 Law Brings Major Change It was not until 1965, when amendments were passed to the Immigration and Naturalization Act, that the old national origins system was abolished.