U.S. Recognition of Turkmenistan, 1991. The United States recognized Turkmenistanâs independence on December 25, 1991, when President George H.W. Bush announced the decision in an address to the nation regarding the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Turkmenistan previously had been a constituent republic of the USSR.
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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Immigration plummeted during the global depression of the 1930s and World War II (1939-1945). Between 1930 and 1950, Americaâs foreign-born population decreased from 14.2 to 10.3 million, or from 11.6 to 6.9 percent of the total population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. After the war, Congress passed special legislation enabling refugees from Europe and the Soviet Union to enter the United States.