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The Refugee Relief Act of 1953 was the United States' second refugee admissions and resettlement law, following the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, which expired at the end of 1952. [1] Under this act, 214,000 immigrants were admitted to the United States, including 60,000 Italians , 17,000 Greeks , 17,000 Dutch , and 45,000 immigrants from ...
Early action came in the form of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, and the Refugee-Escapee Act of 1957. [2] The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which was later amended in 1965 to include policy for refugees on a case-by-case basis, was the first Act that consolidated U.S. immigration policy into one ...
1953 Refugee Relief Act: Pub. L. 83–203: 1958 (No short title) Facilitated permanent immigrant status for refugees from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Pub. L. 85–559: 1960 (No short title) Authorized resettlement of certain refugees. Pub. L. 86–648: 1961 Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1961 Pub. L. 87–301: 1962
When criticized for slow progress in implementing the Refugee Relief Act (1953), which expanded immigration from southern Europe, he blamed complexity that Congress had added to the legislation and proposed easing its requirements. [7]
Overall changes in the perceptions of Asians were made possible by Cold War politics; the Displaced Persons Act of 1948 allowed anticommunist Chinese American students who feared returning to the Chinese Civil War to stay in the United States; and these provisions would be expanded by the Refugee Relief Act of 1953. [19]
An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since 2011.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Immigration to issue through the Secretary of Justice readmission certificates to refugees who take advantage of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 of the United States April 21, 1955 113 Establishing the classification of roads May 2, 1955 114
A new bill called the Senior Citizens Inflation Relief Act proposes increasing the amount of money seniors can earn while also receiving Social Security benefits.