Mr. Speaker. next week I plan to introduce legislation in an effort to repeal a national embarassment. In 1952. at the height of the McCarthy period. Congress adopted the McCarranWalter Act (Immigration and Nationality Act). and in that act provided for the exclusion of certain people from this country. There are currently 33 grounds for exclusion. some of which are quire sensible. Others. however. are either archaic. redundant. or out of step with this countrys tradition of freedom of thought and expression. Aliens who "advocate the practice of polygamy" are excludable. for example. though this clause is not invoked very often now (fortunately since it presumably would exclude some former foreign government officials with whom we have been friendly).
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