McCarran-Walter Act

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Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:abolished racial restrictions on naturalization
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Pub.L._82–414
gptkb:8_U.S.C._ch._12
gptkb:66_Stat._163
gptkbp:controversy accused of discrimination
opposed by civil rights groups
gptkbp:dateEnacted June 27, 1952
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:established preference system for skilled workers and relatives of U.S. citizens
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label McCarran-Walter Act
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy basis for modern U.S. immigration law
gptkbp:maintainedBy national origins quota system
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Pat_McCarran
gptkb:Francis_Walter
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952
gptkbp:provides deportation of subversives
exclusion of communists
denaturalization procedures
registration of aliens
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:repealedPortionsOf gptkb:Chinese_Exclusion_Act
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:National_Origins_Formula
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:startDate June 27, 1952
gptkbp:subject gptkb:citizenship
immigration law
deportation
naturalization
quota system
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Senator_Pat_McCarran
Representative Francis Walter
gptkbp:updated gptkb:Alien_Registration_Act_of_1940
gptkb:Immigration_Act_of_1924
gptkb:Nationality_Act_of_1940
gptkbp:vetoedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:vetoMessage President Truman called it 'un-American'
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:immigration_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5