According to Houston-area immigration lawyer<\/a> Annie Banerjee, the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy has dealt a serious blow to hopes of immigration reform.<\/p>\n While health care reform has been taking the spotlight lately in reference to the recent death of Massachusetts Senator Edward M. \u201cTed\u201d Kennedy, Houston-area immigration lawyer<\/a> Annie Banerjee would like to remind people that the late senator was \u201ca significant voice for changing the immigration law.\u201d<\/p>\n He was in the U.S. Senate since the mid-1960s, when the memory of his slain brother, who was also President, was fresh; and the infamous Jason-Reed Act, passed in 1924, was still adversely affecting the lives of millions of U.S. immigrants. This racist law excluded all Asians from immigrating to the United States while continuing to limit the numbers of southern and eastern Europeans entering the country to 2% of the pre-1890 U.S. population. Its basic intent was to keep America Nordic (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to Houston-area immigration lawyer Annie Banerjee, the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy has dealt a serious blow to hopes of immigration reform. While health care reform has been taking the spotlight lately in reference to the recent death…<\/span><\/p>\n