U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> issues an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Executive order">executive order</a> giving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_evacuation_and_expulsion" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II evacuation and expulsion">World War II refugees</a> precedence in visa applications under U.S. immigration quotas.<sup about="#mwt135" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-24"}}' id="cite_ref-24" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_22#cite_note-24" id="mw9A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 24;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw9Q">[24]</span></a></sup>
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