Opponents
Liberty Lobby
"The Liberty Lobby, a highly conservative group...claimed...to speak for 137,000 persons of various national origins receiving its publications...[and] urged a letter-writing campaign against the bill, adding that if the bill were passed, at the very least should include the Western Hemisphere limitation."
~Congress and the Nation: 1965-1968
American Commitee on Immigration Policies
"The American Committee on Immigration Policies...[sent] out educational material in support of the priniciples of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act...it did not lobby against [the 1965 immigration bill] directly or urge people to write letters in opposition and was neither a conservative nor a liberal organization."
~Congress and the Nation: 1965-1968
The American Legion, American Coalition of Patriotic Societies, etc.
"The American Legion, The American Coalition of Patriotic Societies, and several similar organizations provided the bone and muscle of organized opposition to proposals for repeal of the national origins system. These groups whose...opposition was based in part on fears that a relaxation of existing restrictions would permit a massive influx of new immigrants, did not actively oppose the immigration bill in 1965."
~Congress and the Nation: 1965-1968
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