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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952

I was reading the London Review of Books and came across this article by Jameel Jaffer stating that, in 1952, Congress overrode the presidential veto and passed the McCarran-Walter Act with a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate.

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952

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