President. that aside from making available to the peoples of the world our money. our resources. our food. fiber. and everything else. we have taken into the United States more than our share of these displaced persons. During 1945. by Presidential directive there were admitted into this country 44.000 displaced persons. That was over and above the 120.000 to 130.000. who were permitted to come in under our immigration laws every year. Under the Displaced Persons Act of 1948. we admitted 205.000 immigrants over and above the normal quota. In 1950 the Displaced Persons Act was extended and expanded. whereby the number admitted under the original 1948 act was increased to 341.000 people. So before the Act of 1948. as amended. expired. we had taken into our country. including the 44.000 admitted by Presidential directive in 1945. 385.000 displaced persons. And in addition every year there came into our country under existing immigration laws. from 120.000 to as many as 150.000 people. When the act of 1948 was presented to the Senate. what were the arguments advanced? Why did the Congress vote to admit these people?
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