Immigration and Nationality Act

American  

noun

1. McCarran-Walter Act.

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Example Sentences

The government said he was deportable under a seldom-used section of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to foreign-policy threats.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then there’s Ted Kennedy, whose fingerprints can be found on nearly every progressive piece of legislation from the early 1960s until his death from brain cancer in 2009, including the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 — which originated during his brother’s administration and abolished discriminatory quotas based on ethnicity and national origin — the Americans with Disabilities Act and hate crimes legislation.

From Salon

The play, set in 1973 in an unnamed midsize American city, revolves around two women, one from the Philippines, the other from South Korea, who are part of the wave of Asian immigration that was made possible by the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, colloquially known as Hart-Celler after Sen. Philip Hart and Rep. Emanuel Celler who co-sponsored the bill.

From Los Angeles Times

District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to challenge the termination of his asylum status as arbitrary, capricious and a violation of federal law, namely the Administrative Procedure Act, the Fifth Amendment and the Immigration and Nationality Act.

From Salon

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the U.S. made admitting immigrants with relatives here a priority.

From Los Angeles Times