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One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965

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Winner of the Zócalo Book Prize

Shortlisted for the Arthur Ross Book Award

Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice


A "powerful and cogent" (Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post) account of the twentieth-century battle for immigration reform that set the stage for today’s roiling debates.

The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants is at the core of the American narrative. But in 1924, Congress instituted a system of ethnic qu...