Taking into consideration the following lines from the novel, what can readers infer about how the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965 benefitted Ashoke?

"The following year...he returned to college and graduated, and without telling his parents, he applied to continue his engineering studies abroad. Only after he'd been accepted with a full fellowship, a newly issued passport in hand, did he inform them of his plans"
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The Immigration Act of 1965 allowed him
• to obtain a passport in order to continue his studies in the U.S.
The Immigration Act of 1965 helped him to be accepted with a full fellowship.

• to pursue his dreams of studying abroad without facing restrictions based on national origin.