Mr. Speaker. I should like to call the attention of my colleagues in this House to the impending approach of an anniversary which might otherwise slip by unnoticed. On December 24 of this year. the eve of Christmas. the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 will have been in operation for 10 years. This law. the McCarranWalter Act. has not enjoyed a peaceful existence. Since its enactmentover the veto of President Trumanthe law has been the center of controversy. It has been fervently denounced and defended on many occasions and in many places. including the Halls of Congress. Somehow the law has managed to survive almost entirely unchanged in its basic essentials. as a rockbound coast survives the constant pound and wash of its adversary. the sea.
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