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Harry Truman: “The immigration quotas proclaimed above are designed solely for the purpose of compliance with the pertinent provisions…”

On the recordJuly 26, 1949
The immigration quotas proclaimed above are designed solely for the purpose of compliance with the pertinent provisions of the said Immigration Act of 1924 and are not to be regarded as having any significance extraneous to such purpose.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2846—Immigration Quotas

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