What were the social and political forces then that really drove this 1965 overhaul of immigration law?
KENNEDY: For all intents and purposes, it was wide open when my great-great-grandparents came here in 1848. I can look out of my office in Boston in the JFK building and still see the docks where eight of my great-great grandparents came in 1848. I can see what they call the Golden Stairs, which are the stairs that come off the piers into East Boston. They were named that by immigrants that came from all different parts of the world. There was an enormous rivalry with the various groups. There was rivalry between the Irish and Italian and the Polish groups. Massachusetts has a number of families, for example, from the French tradition. It was probably the first nationality for Massachusetts and recognized as so. They had French newspapers in Massachusetts. They were printed weekly up until a few years ago. You had Father Morrisette from Lowell, who spoke French to his parishioners. You could look into these communities, even today, and almost see why some were the Democrats and some we
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