Displaced Persons Act (original) (raw)

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The Displaced Persons Act of 1948 (80th Cong., 2d Sess. Ch 647, PL 774) authorized for a limited period of time the admission into the United States of 200,000 certain European displaced persons (DPs) for permanent residence. This displaced persons (DP) Immigration program emerged from the enormous need to handle millions of displaced persons in Europe at the end of World War II. The United States helped fund temporary DP camps, and admitted large numbers of DPs as permanent residents. Truman strongly supported all activities to help DPs, and he supported the DP Immigration Program, and obtained ample funding from Congress for the 1948 Displaced Persons [Immigration] Act. However, Truman had many objections to specific details in the Immigration Act, which he made explicit in his "Statement On Signing the Displaced Persons Act of 1948. One strong objection was that it took away previous immigration quota places from others already on quota waiting lists, and simply transferred these places to DPs, and actually did this forwardly for as many years as needed by DPs (mortgaging the future years' places). Another strong objection was that the details of the Act caused it to very heavily discriminate against Jewish DPs, specifically those originally from Poland and the Soviet Union who had not yet reached Germany, Austria, or Italy by Dec 22, 1945 - this excluded group represented nearly the full totality of Jewish DPs. These two objections, and others, were removed in a later "Displaced Persons {Immigration} Act of 1950." Truman also supported Jewish refugees in Palestine/Israel, but generally kept his actions quiet so as not to arouse anti-Semitism. Historians Phil Orchard and Jamie Gillies hail Truman's "atypical leadership" in helping refugees. Truman signed it into law on June 25, 1948. (en)
Der Displaced Persons Act (auch: Displaced Persons Act of 1948) war ein US-amerikanisches Bundesgesetz, mit dem Displaced Persons (DPs) unabhängig von bestehenden Quoten für Einwanderer die Einwanderung in die USA ermöglicht wurde. (de)

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An act to authorize for a limited period of time the admission into the United States of certain European displaced persons for permanent residence, and for other purposes (en)

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Appendix - Civilian Protection from War Hazards - Admission of Displaced Persons § 1951 - 1965 (en)

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Der Displaced Persons Act (auch: Displaced Persons Act of 1948) war ein US-amerikanisches Bundesgesetz, mit dem Displaced Persons (DPs) unabhängig von bestehenden Quoten für Einwanderer die Einwanderung in die USA ermöglicht wurde. (de)
The Displaced Persons Act of 1948 (80th Cong., 2d Sess. Ch 647, PL 774) authorized for a limited period of time the admission into the United States of 200,000 certain European displaced persons (DPs) for permanent residence. Truman also supported Jewish refugees in Palestine/Israel, but generally kept his actions quiet so as not to arouse anti-Semitism. Historians Phil Orchard and Jamie Gillies hail Truman's "atypical leadership" in helping refugees. Truman signed it into law on June 25, 1948. (en)

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Displaced Persons Act (en)

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