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jun 25, 1948 - Displaced Persons Act of 1948

Description:

Description
Allows for the entry of 200,000 European immigrants for permanent residents who were refugees from WWII

Reasoning
This is the US's first refugee/resettlement law, and the first that's really in response to a global event in regards to immigration

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Date:

jun 25, 1948
Now
~ 77 years ago