Chapter 1 Anation of Nations 1 -- Chapter 2 Why They Came 4 -- Chapter 3 Waves of Immigration-The Pre-Revolutionary Forces 10 -- Chapter 4 Waves of Immigration-The Post-Revolutionary Forces 17 -- Chapter 5 The Immigrant Contribution 64 -- Chapter 6 Immigration Policy 69 -- Chapter 7 Where We Stand 77 -- Appendix A The United States of America-A Nation of Immigrants 84 -- Appendix B Chronology of immigration 88 -- Appendix B-1 Major immigration policy developments since 1963 95 -- Appendix D Text of President John F. Kennedy's Proposals to Liberalize Immigration Statutes (July 23, 1963) 108 -- Appendix E Selected Comments on President Kennedy's Message 114.