The 1965 immigration act explains why most US Muslims are immigrants

Evidence

Notably, 70 percent of Muslims are immigrants or children of immigrants due to changes in US immigration laws in 1965 that lifted Asian exclusion laws that had applied to Muslims outside of Europe. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 114

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to broader histories of US immigration policy exclusion (Chinese Exclusion Act, Asian exclusion).