An interesting look at Jimmy Carter and the McCarran-Walter Act, used to ban Iranian citizens from entering the US.....
How Snopes parses words and spins definitions and ambiguous phrases and perceived goals to arrive at a conclusion that is favorable to the left with a slick but somewhat convoluted logic.
President Carter banned Iranians from coming to the US, with the exception of those with a major medical emergency or threat of political persecution? Additionally, between November 1979 and April 1980, 14,768 Iranians (2,204 were students) were removed from the Country. It all happened under executive orders #12172 and 12206.
the Secretary of Treasury [State] and the Attorney General will invalidate all visas issued to Iranian citizens for future entry into the United States, effective today. We will not reissue visas, nor will we issue new visas, except for compelling and proven humanitarian reasons or where the national interest of our own country requires. This directive will be interpreted very strictly.
Stripped of context (and if readers squinted very hard), President Carter's remarks bore a passing resemblance to Donald Trump's proposal. However, while Carter's action involved a well-defined class of persons (Iranian citizens) being denied entry to the U.S. until a well-defined goal was achieved (the hostages were released), Trump's suggestion was ill-defined in scope and purpose: the latter advocated a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" (which could apply to persons from any country in the world and would require making subjective estimations about their religious beliefs) "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on" (a vague and unintelligible goal).
Notice the Snopes sarcasm..."if readers squinted very hard"...and as if "subjective estimations about their religious beliefs" were different that "subjective estimations about their political beliefs" or assuming that release of hostages was the only definite goal...and Trumps goal described as "vague and unintelligible".
http://www.snopes.com/jimmy-carter-banned-iranian-immigrants/
How Snopes parses words and spins definitions and ambiguous phrases and perceived goals to arrive at a conclusion that is favorable to the left with a slick but somewhat convoluted logic.
President Carter banned Iranians from coming to the US, with the exception of those with a major medical emergency or threat of political persecution? Additionally, between November 1979 and April 1980, 14,768 Iranians (2,204 were students) were removed from the Country. It all happened under executive orders #12172 and 12206.
the Secretary of Treasury [State] and the Attorney General will invalidate all visas issued to Iranian citizens for future entry into the United States, effective today. We will not reissue visas, nor will we issue new visas, except for compelling and proven humanitarian reasons or where the national interest of our own country requires. This directive will be interpreted very strictly.
Stripped of context (and if readers squinted very hard), President Carter's remarks bore a passing resemblance to Donald Trump's proposal. However, while Carter's action involved a well-defined class of persons (Iranian citizens) being denied entry to the U.S. until a well-defined goal was achieved (the hostages were released), Trump's suggestion was ill-defined in scope and purpose: the latter advocated a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" (which could apply to persons from any country in the world and would require making subjective estimations about their religious beliefs) "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on" (a vague and unintelligible goal).
Notice the Snopes sarcasm..."if readers squinted very hard"...and as if "subjective estimations about their religious beliefs" were different that "subjective estimations about their political beliefs" or assuming that release of hostages was the only definite goal...and Trumps goal described as "vague and unintelligible".
http://www.snopes.com/jimmy-carter-banned-iranian-immigrants/
SUMMARY
Otherwise known as the McCarran-Walter Act, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was meant to exclude certain immigrants from immigrating to America, post World War II and in the early Cold War. The McCarran-Walter Act moved away from excluding immigrants based simply upon country of origin. Instead it focused upon denying immigrants who were unlawful, immoral, diseased in any way, politically radical etc. and accepting those who were willing and able to assimilate into the US economic, social, and political structures, which restructured how immigration law was handled. Furthermore, the most notable exclusions were anyone even remotely associated with communism which in the early days of the Cold War was seen as a serious threat to US democracy. The main objective of this was to block any spread of communism from outside post WWII countries, as well as deny any enemies of the US during WWII such as Japan and favor “good Asian” countries such as China. The McCarran-Walter Act was a strong reinforcement in immigration selection, which was labeled the best way to preserve national security and national interests. President Truman originally vetoed the law, deeming it discriminatory; however there was enough support in Congress for the law to pass.
http://library.uwb.edu/static/USimmigration/1952_immigration_and_nationality_act.html
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