McCarran–Walter Act

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The McCarran–Walter Act is the 1952 U.S. immigration and nationality law that codified and reformed existing immigration statutes while retaining national-origins quotas and adding new ideological exclusion provisions during the Cold War era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ
nationality law ⓘ
affected deportation procedures ⓘ
exclusion procedures ⓘ
immigration quotas by national origin ⓘ
naturalization rules ⓘ
aimedTo consolidate existing immigration statutes ⓘ
standardize nationality law ⓘ
allowed limited immigration from Asia ⓘ
amendedBy Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 ⓘ
chamberOfIntroduction United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
citation 66 Stat. 163 ⓘ
Pub.L. 82–414 ⓘ
codifiedAs Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 8 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedBy President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
civil rights organizations ⓘ
dateSigned June 27, 1952 ⓘ
effectiveDate June 27, 1952 ⓘ
enactedIn 1952 ⓘ
historicalEra 82nd United States Congress ⓘ
includedProvision ideological exclusion of communists ⓘ
ideological exclusion of totalitarians ⓘ
loyalty and subversive activity provisions ⓘ
security-based deportation grounds ⓘ
security-based exclusion grounds ⓘ
introducedBy Francis E. Walter ⓘ
Pat McCarran ⓘ
maintainedPolicy national origins quota system ⓘ
overriddenByVote two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress ⓘ
partiallySupersededBy Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 ⓘ
policyContext Cold War ⓘ
replaced Immigration Act of 1917 ⓘ
Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ
Nationality Act of 1940 ⓘ
retained racially discriminatory quota structure ⓘ
shortName Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
signedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
subjectMatter citizenship ⓘ
deportation ⓘ
exclusion of aliens ⓘ
immigration regulation ⓘ
naturalization ⓘ
TrumanDescribedAs un-American ⓘ
vetoedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
vetoOverriddenBy United States Congress ⓘ

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Immigration and Nationality Act → alsoKnownAs → McCarran–Walter Act ⓘ
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Pub.L. 82–414 → hasTitle → Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
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Pub.L. 82–414 → alsoKnownAs → McCarran–Walter Act ⓘ
Immigration Act of 1990 → amends → Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
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Magnuson Act of 1943 → relatedTo → Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
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Asiatic Barred Zone → abolishedBy → Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
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Refugee Act of 1980 → amends → Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
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Internal Security Act of 1950 → relatedTo → McCarran–Walter Act ⓘ
McCarran–Walter Act → shortName → Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
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Pat McCarran → notableWork → McCarran–Walter Act ⓘ
Pat McCarran → hasPart → McCarran–Walter Act of 1952 ⓘ
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IMMACT90 → amends → Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
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Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 → relatedTo → Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
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Francis E. Walter → notableWork → Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
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Francis E. Walter → coAuthorOf → McCarran–Walter Act ⓘ
Francis E. Walter → introducedLegislation → Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
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Public Law 96-212 → amends → Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ⓘ
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Public Law 81-831 → relatedTo → McCarran-Walter Act ⓘ
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