Up until 1958 the Secretary of State. acting under existing regulations. was able to deny passports to supporters of the world Communist movement. However. on June 16. 1958. the Supreme Court in Kent v. Dulles. 357 U.S. 116. ruled that the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1926. as amended. did not grant to the Secretary of State such authority. It was in that decision that the Court stated: The right to travel is a part of the "liberty" of which the citizen cannot be deprived without due process of law under the Fifth Amendment. As a direct result of the Kent decision. the House of Representatives gave its approval in 1958 and again in 1959 to legislation I introduced to give the Secretary of State the authority he requested in this area.
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