National Interest And The Establishment Of Truman Administration's Immigration Policy

After the WWâ…¡, Truman government emended and reinforced the American immigration policy, of which the establishment correlates closely to the definition of the national interest that made by American government, and the change of the national interest's meaning affected the establishment of the immigration policy directly. This text starts with analyzing the course of Truman government's immigration policy and the content of the policy, tries to analyze the effect to the immigration policy made by the connotation of American national interest. There are three parts in this article:The First Part: Analyze the course in which the immigration policy was established by Truman government and the content of migration statute that came into being finally.1. The situation that American facedAfter the WWâ…¡, American faced new situation, in the state, a series of societal problems aggravated along with the ending of the war; at the diplomatic aspect, the complexion had grew up ,in which American and Soviet Union confronted each other. In this situation, American government prepared to constitute new immigration policy.2. The establishment of Truman government's immigration policyA. Immigration Policy that on American historyThe establishment of immigration policy made by American government experienced the change that from free migration period to the choosing and ostracizing migration period. In 1924, American established the migration limitation system in the first step, the establishment of immigration policy got into the conservative and stagnant period gradually. After the WWâ…¡, a great deal of migration requested to come into American, it was necessary to amend primary migration law, proceeded from the consideration that fighting with Soviet Union, Truman government began to constitute new immigration policy.B. Establishment of especial law in the early days after the WWâ…¡After the WWâ…¡, in order to solve the problems that American soldiers'foreign nationality wife and family entered the country, Truman government successively constituted some temporary statute such as War Brides Act and The Alien Fiancees and Fiances Act and so on, and established Information and Education Exchange Act and some other statutes in order to solve the problem that some people entered the country, who couldn't entered the country in the system of American temporal migration law.C. The establishment of refugees law after the WWâ…¡Affront millions of European refugees after the war, American government appealed to the effort that made by every country to posit in one side, successively constituted The Displaced Person Act ,in the other side, allowed European refugees to enter American. Proceeded with the dread that communism would filter into American, American government set up rigorous checkup procedure for the refugees that entered the country, and at the same time, constituted checkup items that correlative to the migration in the National Security Act which established in 1950.D. The establishment of The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 as compiled statute of migration statute that American always established, the content was verbose and fussy, inherited primary migration limitation system all the same. This act had experienced complicated controversy before came on, and the judgments to it were different, some praised and some criticized.The Second Part: It analyzes the relation between the change of the American National Interest and the American migration law1. The concept and evaluation of the National Interest As the basic concept of the international politics, many scholars researched the concept of the National Interest. The National Interest has many levels which include economic interest and other aspects interest. In the different American historic period, the most important factor of the National Interest is different. It is a historical process for the evolution of the National Interest. The American migration law is related to the National Interest.2. The evolution of the American National InterestAmerica was always keeping with isolationism before the WWâ…¡. President Roosevelt found the relationship between the American national interest and the four freedom during the world war. The security interest became the important factor of the American national interest. Truman administration emphasized the American responsibility of the freedom around the world.The Third Part: It analyzes the relationship between the American national interest and the American migration policy during the Truman administration period1. The point of the national interest during Truman administration period and its affection to the American immigration policyThere are some important points in the American national interest during Truman administration period. The first, the security interest is emphasized by the government. The second, the ideological factor affects the national interest. The third, the American national interest is related to the freedom around the world. The last, the economic interest is also important.2. The debate of the national interest affects the immigration policyThere is some debate around the national interest. How can defend the national interest? What is the best concept of the national interest? Different people have different answer. The debate affects the American immigration policy.3. Immigration policy and the defense of the national interest American immigration policy is useful for the national interest. There are three aspects to prove the defense of the national interest. The first, the identification and the choice that were defined by the immigration policy are the means for defense of the national interest. The second, the exclusion to the communism which was defined by the immigration policy is useful for the national interest, but it exposed the conservative of Truman administration. The third, the refugees policy is useful for the subversion which Truman administration implement to east-Europe.ConclusionThe American migration law which was made by the Truman administration is related to the American National Interest. The American migration law is useful for the defense of the national interest, and the debate for the immigration policy reflects the competition between the national interest and group interest.