In several of the selections in this unit, immigrant parents play an important role. how does the fact that some of these parents are immigrants affect their children? choose two selections and explain your answer. the selections are my father sits in the dark. daystar. hunger of memory. mother tongue. i stand here ironing.

The Immigration Act of 1965 ended the earlier quota system based on natural origin. In the earlier quota system, each nationality was assigned a quota or a maximum number of people of a particular nationality allowed into the USA. The new Immigration Act specified a new policy which was based on reuniting immigrant families and inviting skilled labor to the United States of America. This changed the demographics of the population as many of the new immigrants came from countries in Asia, Africa, and South America. 

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