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  1. The McCarran-Walter Act reformed some of the obvious discriminatory provisions in immigration law. While the law provided quotas for all nations and ended racial restrictions on citizenship, it expanded immigration enforcement and retained offensive national origins quotas.

  2. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was debated and passed in the context of Cold War-era fears and suspicions of infiltrating Soviet and communist spies and sympathizers within American institutions and federal government.

  3. Jun 11, 2018 · This act amended the Immigration and Nationality Act by raising overall limits, significantly increasing employment-based immigration, and creating a system to admit "diversity immigrants" from underrepresented countries.

  4. The 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act, also known as the McCarran-Walter Act, represents a critical point in American immigration history. This comprehensive guide aims to shed light on the nuances of this significant law and its enduring impact on U.S. immigration policy.

  5. There were other positive changes to the implementation of immigration policy in the 1952 Act. One was the creation of a system of preferences which served to help American consuls abroad prioritize visa applicants in countries with heavily oversubscribed quotas.

  6. May 14, 2024 · The Act allotted nominal immigration quotas to Japan and the rest of Asia, but the racial basis of these quotas limited their actual impact. It also eliminated race as a basis for naturalization, making Japanese and other foreign-born Asians eligible to become American citizens for the first time.

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  8. McCarran-Walter Act, 1952. United States Statutes at Large, 1952, Vol. 66, 82nd Cong., p. 163-282 AN ACT To revise the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and nationality; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in