quota systems

Examples of quota systems in the following topics:

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

  • However,quota systems, such as that established by UC Davis, were unconstitutional.

• Immigration Policy

  • The Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965 (the Hart-Cellar Act) abolished the national origins quota system that had been put in place by the 1924 Immigration Act.
  • In the absence of comprehensive immigration reform at the federal level, many advocacy groups have focused on improving the fairness and efficiency of the immigration court system.

• Twenty-First-Century Americans

  • The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 abolished an earlier immigration system that had set quotas on the number of people who could immigrate in a given year from particular countries.

• Constitutional Issues and Compromises

  • Each of the states would be represented in proportion to their "Quotas of contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants."
  • It also was known as the British Plan, because of its resemblance to the British system of strong centralized government.
  • The plan was perceived as a well-thought-out plan, but it was not considered because it resembled the British system too closely.

• Sampling Techniques

  • In quota sampling, the population is first segmented into mutually exclusive subgroups, just as in stratified sampling.
  • In quota sampling the selection of the sample is non-random.

• Civil Rights of Latinos

  • In response, the U.S. government passed immigration quota laws in the 1920's which restricted the number of people who could enter the U.S. from any given country.
  • Kennedy, who considered immigration quotas to be at odds with democratic principles.
  • It removed national-origin quotas from immigration law.

• Minorities, Women, and Children

  • Another form of affirmative action is quotas, where a percentage of places at university, or in employment in public services, are set aside for minority groups (including women) because a court has found that there has been a history of exclusion as it pertains to certain groups in certain sectors of society.

• Clarifying Ambiguous Words

  • Words which appear to be connected with integration2 include "racial quotas", "bussing", and "affirmative action", in one of its possible senses (In its other sense, which appears to have been the original intention of Congress in enacting legislation requiring it, "affirmative action" meant special actions to bring job and other opportunities to the attention of minorities so more would put themselves forward to be considered applicants, but it did not require or perhaps even contemplate preferential treatment of particular individuals on racial grounds).
  • But it is also possible that techniques such as quotas and bussing will cause resentments among whites and self-doubts among blacks to such an extent that progress towards colorblindness is slowed rather than accelerated.

• Civil Rights of Asian Americans

  • By the 1920s, a nativist tendency in the U.S. had propelled the passage of national origins quota laws, which limited the number of immigration from any given country.
  • This bill overturned laws setting immigration quotas, opening the borders to increasing immigration from Asia and Latin America.

• Economic Aid and Sanctions

  • Economic sanctions include, but are not limited to, tariffs, trade barriers, import duties, and import or export quotas.