Allied Victory and US Power · US History

The McCarran-Walter Act of 1952 reflected Cold War anxieties by:

  1. Banning all forms of immigration to the United States entirely and permanently
  2. Granting immediate citizenship to all refugees from China
  3. Abolishing the quota system established in the 1920s
  4. Allowing the government to deport immigrants suspected of being 'subversive'
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Correct answer: Allowing the government to deport immigrants suspected of being 'subversive'

Passed during the height of the Red Scare, the law allowed for the exclusion or deportation of individuals associated with 'dangerous' ideologies. It prioritized national security over traditional immigration ideals.

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