Displaced Persons Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:amendedBy Displaced Persons Act of 1950
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Public_Law_80-774
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1948
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:fullTitle An Act to authorize for a limited period of time the admission into the United States of certain European displaced persons for permanent residence, and for other purposes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Displaced Persons Act
gptkbp:purpose to allow European displaced persons to immigrate to the United States after World War II
gptkbp:quota 200,000 displaced persons
gptkbp:repealedBy 1952
Yes
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:subject immigration law
refugee resettlement
postwar Europe
gptkbp:validOn 1952
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:DPA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7