October 15 Washington, D.C. The […]

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1979-10-15

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October 15 Washington, D.C. The United States State Department sent a message to American diplomatic posts around the world instructing officials to deny visas to known homosexuals. Lawyers for the department said that the INS was "statutorily required to enforce the exclusion of homosexual aliens" under the McCarran-Walter Act, passed by Congress in 1952. This message nullified an earlier directive from the Immigration and Naturalization Service stating that gays were not to be excluded.

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Washington D.C.

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United States Government Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)United States Department of State

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McCarran-Walter Act

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"Washington Enforces Ban on Gays Entering Country," Hamilton Spectator, city ed., 27 December 1979, p. 3."U.S.A. to Enforce Ban on Gays," Metro Community News 7 (4 January 1980): 1 "No Visas to Known Homosexuals State Department Orders Officers," Body Politic, no. 59 (1979–80), p. 18

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McCarran-Walter Act

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