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- Title
THE PHILOSOPHY OF OUR IMMIGRATION LAW.
- Authors
JAFFE, LOUIS L.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the immigration policy of the U.S. It mentions the immigration policy before 1921 when the immigration into the country was unlimited and minimal personal qualifications were required, and the economic success of the policy which was based on economic and defense considerations. It discusses the present immigration law, the 1952 McCarran-Walter Act, whose policies were based on the Act of 1924, the annual quotas for immigrants defined for different countries, and the development of preference categories. It also discusses the 1948 Displaced Persons Act, that was aimed at admitting persons displaced by war and revolution, the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, and the failure of the McCarran-Walter Act to recognize the foreign policy function of immigration.
- Subjects
UNITED States; IMMIGRATION law; IMMIGRATION policy; IMMIGRANTS; LEGAL status of refugees; LEGAL status of political refugees; INTERNATIONAL relations; ECONOMIC development; FREEDOM of movement (International law)
- Publication
Law & Contemporary Problems, 1956, Vol 21, Issue 2, p358
- ISSN
0023-9186
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1190508