Remarkably, economic factors were relatively unimportant in the debate over the new immigration provisions. Although past arguments in favor of restrictionism focused on the needs of the American economy and labor force, in , the Cold War seemed to take precedent in the discussion.
Notably, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations took opposite sides in the debate, demonstrating that there was not one, clear pro-labor position. As a result, 85 percent of the , visas available annually were allotted to individuals of northern and western European lineage.
The Act continued the practice of not including countries in the Western Hemisphere in the quota system, though it did introduce new length of residency requirements to qualify for quota-free entry. The Act created symbolic opportunities for Asian immigration, though in reality it continued to discriminate against them.
Section of the Immigration and Nationality Act of granted the President of the United States the following authority: [1] [10]. The act established preferences for certain visa applicants, including those with specialized skills and those who families already resided in the United States. The Armed Forces Naturalization Act of amended the Immigration and Nationality Act "to provide for the naturalization of persons who have served in active-duty services in the Armed Forces of the United States.
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Share this page Follow Ballotpedia. What's on your ballot? Jump to: navigation , search. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Categories : Pages with broken file links Immigration laws. Voter information What's on my ballot? While also preserving nonquota immigration from countries of the Western Hemisphere, it imposed quotas on the former British colonies in the Caribbean, a move that was designed to limit the migration of black people into the United States.
The law eliminated the racial bar to citizenship, which finally ended Japanese and Korean exclusion and made policy consistent with the recent repeals of Chinese, Indian, and Filipino exclusion. It was arguably the most important reform of the McCarran-Walter Act, as it established, for the first time, the general principle of color-blind citizenship. Excerpt from: Ngai, M. Impossible subjects: Illegal aliens and the making of modern America. Where are Cold War security concerns reflected in this law?
What elements of this law expanded civil rights and what elements of this law restricted them? Summary This attempt to reform immigration laws responded to long-standing criticisms that they crippled U.
However, the act did specifically remove previously established racial barriers that had acted to exclude immigrants from nations such as Japan and China. These countries were now assigned very small quotas. When the bill was passed in June , Truman vetoed the bill.
Congress overrode his veto, and the act took effect in December. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Jefferson, who died in , had offered to sell his personal library to Congress after the Congressional library, along with the rest of Meyer, born Stephenie Morgan, was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, the second of six siblings.
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