*Also known as the Internal Security Act
*Created as a result of foreign policies during Cold War
*Also created to investigate suspected individuals of promoting communism
*President Truman did not agree with this, but Congress overrode his veto and passed the bill
*Act made it so that individuals associated with a communist group would not become a citizen and could not leave or enter the country
*President Truman stated that it would be a perfect damage to freedom of speech if this act was passed
*The McCarran Act soon created concentration camps
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