I believe the law of which you speak is The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (Pub.L. 82–414, 66 Stat. 163, enacted June 27, 1952), also known as the McCarran–Walter Act, which restricted immigration into the U.S., and is codified under Title 8 of the United States Code (8 U.S.C. ch. 12).
Speaking in the Senate on March 2, 1953, McCarran said:
¨I believe that this nation is the last hope of Western civilization and if this oasis of the world shall be overrun, perverted, contaminated or destroyed, then the last flickering light of humanity will be extinguished.
I take no issue with those who would praise the contributions which have been made to our society by people of many races, of varied creeds and colors. ... However, we have in the United States today hard-core, indigestible blocs which have not become integrated into the American way of life, but which, on the contrary are its deadly enemies.
Today, as never before, untold millions are storming our gates for admission and those gates are cracking under the strain. The solution of the problems of Europe and Asia will not come through a transplanting of those problems en masse to the United States.
... I do not intend to become prophetic, but if the enemies of this legislation succeed in riddling it to pieces, or in amending it beyond recognition, they will have contributed more to promote this nation's downfall than any other group since we achieved our independence as a nation.¨
Short title: McCarran-Walter Act
Long title: An Act to revise the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and nationality; and for other purposes.
Enacted by: the 82nd United States Congress
Effective June 27, 1952
The Act governs primarily immigration to and citizenship in the United States. It has been in effect since December 24, 1952. Before this Act, a variety of statutes governed immigration law but were not organized within one body of text.
Parts of the Act remain in place today, but it has been amended many times and was modified substantially by the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965.
When regulations issued under the authority of the Passport Act of 1926 were challenged in Haig v. Agee, Congress enacted section § 707(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (Pub.L. 95–426, 92 Stat. 993, enacted October 7, 1978), amending § 215 of the Immigration and Nationality Act making it unlawful to travel abroad without a passport. Until that legislation, under the Travel Control Act of 1918, the president had the authority to require passports for foreign travel only in time of war.
Provisions that excluded certain classes of immigrants based on their political beliefs were revoked by the Immigration Act of 1990.
As a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Act underwent a major restructuring beginning in March 2003 and its provisions regarding the admissibility and removability of terrorist suspects have received much media and scholarly attention.
Alber wrote:
I think it is hour to enforce the law. Would Trump do it.?
It is proven that the Muslims do not come to the USA to assimilate to the american way of life. Let's know what the Muslims leaders say: Nov. 21, 2016 <Islam is not here to integrate is here to dominate>. So said Haitham Ibn Thabait - American Chapter of Hizb Ut-Tharir. -----The Dallas Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Director, Mustafa Carroll told the world at a Muslim rally on March 4, 2013 in Austin, Texas, <If we are practicing Muslims, we are above the law of the land>. Any immigration without assimilation is an INVASION by ENEMY FORCES. Trump should enforce the law and there are a handful of Congressmen who are going to support this.
Whether the Islam is a religion is immaterial because the law states that Aliens who are affiliated with any "organization" that advocates the overthrow of our government are prohibited. It also prohibits those who distribute literature that advocates the overthrow of our country, which would include the Koran. The Public Law 414, Chapter 2 Section 212, does not mention the Islam by name, but describes an organization seeking the same as the Islam. So if immigration to the USA is prohibited to aliens who belongs to that kind of organization, such organization must be prohibited to function in the USA and must be enforced the banishment of the Islam, but this law has been ignored by the White House.
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