United States Quota System

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Thursday November 16th, 1924
Dear Senator of the United States,
My name is Zonglin Robert Li and I am writing to tell you how I feel about one of the quota system that controls the immigrants in our country. I am a former citizen of the U.S. and in my opinion I completely do not support the quota system. The quota system was unfair to these immigrants because it did not allow them to come into the U.S. in large numbers. In the 1920s, people from there areas were seen as negative influences towards the United States. They were said to more likely cause problems than previous immigrants from Northern and Western Europe. Because of this, laws were then passed that set quotas .
This was unfair to Southern and Eastern Europe immigrants because

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