Born on February 21, 1936, in Houston, Texas, Barbara Jordan was a
lawyer and educator who was a congresswoman from 1972 to 1978—the first
African-American congresswoman to come from the deep South and the first
woman ever elected to the Texas Senate (1966). She captured the
attention of President Lyndon Johnson, who invited her to the White
House for a preview of his 1967 civil rights message.
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This YouTube video was published on May 9, 2012.
The
Immigration Act of 1990 mandated the creation of a bipartisan
commission to examine the impacts of immigration on the United States
and to make recommendations for future policy. The Commission, chaired
by the late Barbara Jordan, issued its final report in 1997, but Barbara
Jordan held a press conference in 1995 releasing the Commission's
recommendations on legal immigration. The Jordan Commission called for
an end to Chain Migration, the end of the Visa Lottery, and an annual
immigration flow of 550,000 new immigrants per year with a focus on
highly-skilled workers, the nuclear family members of U.S. citizens and
permanent residents, and the U.S.'s fair share of refugees and asylees
(50,000/year).
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