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What was the johnson reed national orgina act? how did it change immigration to the united startes

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The Johnson-Reed Act limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. Since the Philippines was a U.S. colony, its citizens were U.S. nationals and could travel freely to the United States.

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