LIST OF TABLES 1.1: Decline in Immigration under the Quota System, Selected Years 29 1.2: Refugees Accepted by Country, 1975–1980 32 2.1: The Top States, Ranked by Immigrants’ Share of Their Population, and Whether Their Senators Cast a Yea or Nay Vote on the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 52 2.2: Southern State Senators Yea or Nay Vote on the 1965 Act 53 2.3: Legal Immigration to the United States, 1964–2016 58 3.1: Immigration-Related Advocacy Organizations Established Post-1960 93 3.2: Top 25 Metropolitan Areas Ranked by Percentage Growth, 2000–2009 97 3.3: Top 25 States Ranked by Percentage Change in Population, 2000–2010 99 3.4: The Foreign-Born in the 15 Largest Metropolitan Areas in the United States, 2010, Percent of Total: Latin America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Other 100 3.5: Distribution of Mexican Immigrants by State of Residency, 1960–2000 101 3.6: Hispanic versus White Electoral Percentages, 1972–2004 102
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