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The Princeton Immigration Restriction League (1922-1924)

by Nicky Steidel | Reconstruction to Present (1865-)

In 1922, Princeton affiliates founded a chapter of the Immigration Restriction League (IRL) on campus, advocating for restrictions on non-western European immigration into the United States. Though the organization dissolved in 1924, the IRL leaders’ commitment to white supremacy extended into their professional lives as influential 20th-century scholars.
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