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Had both World War I and World War II never occurred, what would U.S. immigration policy have looked like over the last 100 years (well, 103 years to be precise--1914 to 2017)?

For the record, in our TL, there were bills to implement a literacy test as a requirement for immigrants to the U.S. in both 1913 and 1915, but they got vetoed by Presidents Taft and Wilson (with Congress narrowly failing to override both of these vetoes). Then, when President Wilson vetoed a similar bill in 1917, the U.S. Congress overrode his veto. Four years later, in 1921, the U.S. passed the Emergency Quota Act and then three years later passed the even harsher Immigration Act of 1924 (which severely reduced immigration--especially from Southern and Eastern Europe). Then, 41 years later, the 1965 Immigration Act was opened and large numbers of people from developing countries began to immigrate to the U.S.

Basically, the paragraph above explains the developments in regards to this in our TL. However, what would developments in regards to this issue (U.S. immigration policy) have looked like in a TL with no WWI and with no WWII?

Any thoughts on this?
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