Brazil Congress overrides Lula veto to reduce Bolsonaro prison sentence
France 24 →Brazil's Congress on Thursday overrode a presidential veto to pass a bill reducing former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, dealing a blow to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Congress Passes Immigration Bill Condemned By Catholics; Overrides President's Veto To Adopt Measure By McCarran-Walter; Scored As Unfair
WASHINGTON (NC)—Hurdling a veto by President Truman, Congress voted into law the McCarran-Walter omnibus immigration bill. The Senate overrode the veto by a vote of 81 to 26, more than the required two-thirds majority. The night before, the House of Representatives speedily voted against the veto, 287 to 113, seventeen more votes than required.
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Refugee Relief Act
Since the McCarran-Walter Act (1952) did not include provisions for refugees as a general category, the policy continued to be carried out by way of impromptu measures. Hence, the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 was enacted in August 1953 and expired in 1956 to circumnavigate the low quotas for people's respective countries.
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The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of televised hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations (April–June 1954) to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy. The Army accused McCarthy and his chief counsel R
Wikipedia →Operation Wetback
Operation Wetback was an immigration law enforcement initiative by the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The short-lived operation used military-style tactics to remove Mexican immigrants from the United States. Although aimed at undocumented Mexican immigrants, some American citizens and legal Mexican immigrants were also deported.
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