2. Why didn't the U.S. abolish its immigration quotas to let Jewish refugees to enter the country after the war?
O There were many other nations, much closer to Europe, that would take Jewish refugees in.
O They denied that the Holocaust had happened, and said Jews had no reason to leave Europe.
Their anti-Semitism made them reluctant to allow Jews to become Americans.
Most Jewish refugees wanted to go to Palestine, and Americans supported that choice.