Ka cika wannan jumla: Wani batu da ya bukaci kulawar Kennedy a Majalisar Dattawa shi ne dokar da Shugaba Eisenhower ya kafa na Dokar 'Yancin 'Yan Adam ta 1957. Kennedy ya jefa kuri'ar da ya dace da shi kuma wannan ya yi la'akari da wasu su zama masu tayar da hankali na 'yan adawa na Kudancin Kudancin. Kennedy ya yi kuri'a don Title III na dokar, wanda zai ba da Babban Shari'a ikon yin umurni, amma Shugaban Mafi rinjaye Lyndon B. Johnson ya yarda ya bar tanadin ya mutu a matsayin sulhu. Kennedy kuma ya zabe Title IV, wanda ake kira "Juri Trial Amendment". Yawancin masu kare hakkin bil'adama a lokacin sun soki wannan kuri'a a matsayin wanda zai raunana dokar. An amince da lissafin sulhu na ƙarshe, wanda Kennedy ya goyi bayan, a watan Satumba na 1957. Ya ba da shawara a ranar 2 ga Yuli, 1957, cewa Amurka ta goyi bayan
Ƙoƙarin Aljeriya don samun 'yancin kai daga Faransa. A shekara mai zuwa, Kennedy ya rubuta "A Nation of Immigrants" (wanda aka buga a 1964), wanda ya bincika muhimmancin shige da fice a tarihin kasar da kuma shawarwarin sake nazarin dokar shige da fice.