【在 D*******o 的大作中提到】 : 据说diversity visa program的最初目的是防止某个种族占移民比例太高,长期会威胁 : WASP的统治地位。可惜里根政府的一次脑残大赦就抵消了几十年的努力。
z*g
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa Starting in 1986, the United States established several temporary immigrant visa programs outside of the usual immigration preferences (family members or by employment). The first program was NP-5, run from 1987 to 1989, where a limited number of visas was issued on a first-come, first-served basis. The second program was OP-1, run through a lottery from 1989 to 1991 and available for natives of countries with low levels of recent immigration to the United States. The third program, AA-1, ran from 1992 to 1994 and was available for natives from a select group of countries that had been " adversely affected" by earlier immigration laws. Intentionally and in practice, people from Ireland and Northern Ireland benefited disproportionally from these programs. They were also known as the Donnelly, Berman and Morrison visas, respectively, after the congressmen who sponsored each one.
D*o
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‘had been "adversely affected" by earlier immigration laws’ 这话咋感觉是说咱们中国人呢(chinese exclusion act)?