In the 1990s, however, it was revealed that the âunidentified flying objectâ was a surveillance balloon from Project Mogul, a top-secret government project intending to spy on Soviet nuclear activity using microphones on high-altitude balloons. Once again, the truth is way less interesting.
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Turns 50. Fifty years ago this month, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood at the foot of the Statue of Liberty in New York City and signed into law the most sweeping U.S. immigration reform to dateâThe Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
Immigration and Nationality Act (1952) The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, also known as the McCarran-Walter Act, was named after its sponsors Pat McCarran and Francis Walter. Primarily, the act restricted immigration to the United States and governed the immigration and citizenship in the United States.