Unintended Consequences: The story of Irish immigration to the US

Ray O’Hanlon, editor of the Irish Echo in New York writes about his subject with great passion, from legislative about-turns to the pain of the undocumented

Immigrants wait to be processed on Ellis Island in New York, circa 1920: the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 reduced the number of Irish people that could emigrate to the US. Picture: Getty