Apparently, there was a time when not only did 15 year-olds know something about immigration, but actually
wrote to the government demanding action. Kudos!
In the spring of 1964, the Department of Labor, worried that
American-born entertainers were facing unfair competition, tightened the
rules allowing foreign talent to enter the United States.
The actual law allowed for entertainers of special talent to apply
through the Immigration and Naturalization Service for exemptions, so
the Beatles weren’t shut out of the United States forever. Unfortunately
for Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz, several poorly worded newspaper
articles led teenagers to believe otherwise. Adolescents from across the
United States wrote to the Labor Department in protest.
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