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Reflective of the anti-Communist atmosphere that characterizes the Cold War, Congress passes the Immigration and Nationality Act over President Truman’s veto. The law upholds the national origins quotas being enforced by the new Immigration and Naturalization Service, limits immigration from the eastern hemisphere, establishes a preference for skilled workers, and tightens security and screening standards. The bill does abolish racial restrictions on nationalization, thus opening citizenship to non-white immigrants. Additionally, it gives the U.S. government the ability to deport immigrants and naturalized citizens engaged in subversive activities and grants citizenship to people living in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.