The 1965 amendments to immigration law abolished discriminatory policies based on race and ethnicity, resulting in a significant increase in both legal and unauthorized immigration. While the Johnson Administration initially aimed to limit immigration from the Western Hemisphere, the final legislation implemented a new system that allocated residence visas without numerical limitations. However, critics pushed for restrictions to limit immigration from third-world countries. Overall, the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 had a profound impact on immigration in the United States, increasing diversity and changing how the country counted its immigrant population.