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In 1965, at the time the Hart Celler act was ratified, the U.S. were still a country that was cca 90 pct of European origin with an African origin minority.
It was never 'a nation of immigrants' as in its whole history there were just two migratory waves, in the midle of the 19th and at the start of the 20th century. Even during those times, the amount of inhabitants born outside of US never went over 12 - 14 pct.
Today, the population of European origin is only cca 62 pct, with approx 40 pct of the US population not even born in the US.
No other country went through such massive demographic transformation within just 50 years. And none of the measures taken post 1965 were in favor of the population of European origin (now also the Asians feel the wrath of affirmative action as they are 'overrepresented' at the universities).
The only institutional issue with equal rights in US today is called affirmative action. How else could one classify if one won't get admitted to a university or for a job because of their race?
It's quite fascinating what sort of legal gymnastics went into withholding such trevesty as constitutional.
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