DEMOCRATS NOW FIGHT A LAW THEY PASSED!

Submitted by: Terry Payne

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952

URL: https://www.uscis.gov/laws/immigration-and-nationality-act

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was enacted June 27, 1952), also known as the McCarran–Walter Act, codified under Title 8 of the United_States Code, governs immigration to and citizenship in the United States. It has been in effect since June 27, 1952. Before this Act, a variety of statutes governed Immigration law but were not organized within one body of text.

Legislative History

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was debated and passed in the context of Cold War-era fears and suspicions of infiltrating Communist and Soviet spies and sympathizers within American institutions and federal government. Anticommunist sentiment associated with the Second Red Scare and McCarthyism in the United States led restrictionists to push for selective immigration to preserve national security. Senator Patrick McCarran (D-Nevada), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, proposed an immigration bill to maintain status quo in the United States and to safeguard the country from communism, “Jewish interests”, and undesirables that he deemed as external threats to national security. His immigration bill included restrictive measures such as increased review of potential immigrants, stepped-up deportation, and more stringent naturalization procedures. The bill also placed a preference on economic potential, special skills, and education. In addition, Representative Francis Walter (D-Pennsylvania) proposed a similar immigration bill to the House.

In response to the liberal immigration bill of Representative Emanuel Celler (D-NewYork (state)) and Senator Herbert_Lehman (D-New_York_(state)), both Senator Patrick McCarran (D-Nevada) and Representative Francis Walter (D-Pennsylvania) combined their restriction immigration proposals into the McCarran-Walter bill and recruited support of patriotic and veteran organizations. However, various immigration reform advocacy groups and testimonies by representatives from ethnic coalitions, civil rights organizations, and labor unions challenged proposals of restrictive immigration and pushed for a more inclusive immigration reform. Opponents of the restrictive bill such as Senator Herbert_H._Lehman attempted to strategize a way to bring the groups together to resist McCarran’s actions. Despite the efforts to resist, McCarran’s influence as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee ultimately overpowered the liberal immigration reform coalition.

President Harry_S._Truman vetoed the McCarran-Walter Act because the act continued national-origins quotas that discriminated against potential allies that contain communist groups within Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. However, Congress overrode the veto by a two-thirds vote of each house. The 82nd United States Congress enacted the act and it became effective on June 27, 1952. The passage of the McCarran-Walter bill, known as the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, solidified more restrictive immigration movement in the United States.

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Wouldn't it have been interesting if at some point during the presidential campaign, one of the candidates asked, "Oh, by the way, has anyone in Washington, D.C., ever heard of the McCarran-Walter Act Of 1952?"

This act has been a law for almost 65 years.  Here are the historic facts that would seem to indicate that many, if not most, of the people we elect to work for us in Washington do not have the slightest idea of what laws already exist in our country.

After several terrorist incidents were carried out in the United States, Donald Trump was severely criticized for suggesting that the U.S. should limit or temporarily suspend the immigration of certain ethnic groups, nationalities and even people of certain religions (Muslims).

    

The criticisms condemned such a suggestion as, among other things, being un-American, dumb, stupid, reckless, dangerous and racist. Congressmen and senators swore that they would never allow such legislation, and our former president called such a prohibition on immigration unconstitutional.  

As Gomer Pyle would say, "Well, surprise, surprise!" It seems that the selective immigration ban is already law and has been applied on several occasions.   

Known as the  McCarran-Walter Act, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 allows for the "suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by the president, whenever the president finds that the entry of aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States." 

"The president may, by proclamation and for such a period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens, immigrants or non- immigrants, or impose any restrictions on the entry of aliens he may deem to be appropriate."  

Who was president when this was passed? Democrat Harry Truman.  He vetoed but the veto was overturned by Congress.

Who do you suppose last used this process? Democrat, Jimmy Carter, no less than 37 years ago, in 1979 to keep Iranians out of the United States. But Carter actually did more. He made all Iranian students already in the United States check in with the government. And then he deported a bunch of them. Seven thousand were found in violation of their visas and a total of 15,000 Iranians were forced to leave the USA in 1979. 

So, what do you say about all of the criticism that Donald Trump received from the Democrat senators, representatives and the Obama Administration?

Additionally, it is important to note that the McCarran-Walter Act also requires that an "applicant for immigration must be of good moral character and in agreement with the principles of our Constitution."

Therefore, one could surmise that since the Quran forbids Muslims to swear allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, technically all Muslims should or could be refused immigration to our country. 

When pro-illegal immigration advocates (RINO GOPers, liberals and Democrats) say our immigration laws are broken, perhaps they would find that they are already intact and encompassing if they would actually use them!