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https://iibayarea.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1960s-scaled-kennedy.jpg25601942With the election of John F. Kennedy for President, pro-immigrant organizations like the Institute started the decade with high hopes. The grandson of Irish immigrants, President Kennedy had promised to reform immigration law, but his assassination in 1963 threw the country into a period of deep mourning. President Lyndon Johnson maintained a firm commitment to […]