The 1952 Act has been replaced a few times since then. We are now operating under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1996, with a few updates since then. IMMACT 96, as it's called, was largely the handiwork of the late swimming champion of Chappaquiddick, in his official capacity as Senator from Massachusetts. Although to read the papers and listen to the liberal howls for "comprehensive immigration reform" everything they are talking about is already in IMMACT 96. That is, everything except blanket amnesty for illegal aliens. Already law is a section on employer sanctions, a big section on deportation (now called "removal"), a whole list of classifications to allow employers to petiton for workers lawfully, both on a permanent and temporary basis--it's all in there! Already! It's never been faithfully enforced, though. On a daily basis, congressional aides, members of the bureaucracy, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association work hard to ignore much of it. What used to be INS is now two separate agencies. Both are "managed" by those who, like all gov't managers, are focused on growing their organizations in order to hire more people--this opens advancement to higher positions by those same managers. That's how a lot of agencies in our gov't get real big, real fast. With Immigration, it's out of control now, but no new laws are really needed--except by politicians trying to get votes by means of something they've let get out of hand. We sure as hell don't need blanked amnesty--it was already tried, and failed. What we need is for Immigration, together with the Department of Labor, to get off their butts and do their jobs!