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Jul 10, 2019 · The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) was enacted in 1952. The INA collected many provisions and reorganized the structure of immigration law. The INA has been amended many times over the years and contains many of the most important provisions of immigration law.
Nov 13, 2009 · 1952. McCarran-Walter Act goes into effect, revising immigration laws. The McCarran-Walter Act takes effect and revises U.S. immigration laws. The law was hailed by supporters as a...
Immigration and Nationality Act [ACT OF JUNE 27, 1952; Chapter 477 of the 82nd Congress; 66 STAT. 163; 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.1] [As Amended Through P.L. 117–360, Enacted January 5, 2023] øCurrency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Chapter 477 of the 82nd Congress. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended
May 29, 2018 · The Immigration and Nationality Act, sometimes known as the INA, is the basic body of immigration law in the United States. It was created in 1952. A variety of statutes governed immigration law before this, but they weren't organized in one location. The INA is also known as the McCarran-Walter Act, named after the bill's sponsors: Senator Pat ...
Jul 7, 2020 · A Cold War measure, the 1952 Immigration Act formally ended Asian exclusion as a feature of U.S. immigration policy, even as it strengthened the powers of the federal government to detain and prosecute suspected subversives. The Act allotted nominal immigration quotas to Japan and the rest of Asia, but the racial basis of these quotas limited ...
ABSTRACT: The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was the product of the most extensive Congressional study of the subject in the nation's history. The Act codified and. brought together for the first time all the nation's laws on im- migration and naturalization. It continued and enlarged upon.
The Immigration and Nationality Act is a comprehensive federal immigration law adopted in 1952. Also known as the McCarran–Walter Act, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 modified the national origins quota system, which had been established under the Immigration Act of 1924.
