Lodge-Philbin Act

The Lodge Act is a U.S. law that was introduced by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and ratified in 1951. It provides a special American immigration law could dar. Then soldiers who were exposed to political persecution in their home countries, will be awarded immediately an American citizen, if they were willing to serve in the U.S. armed forces. The law expired in 1959.

The military showed no interest in a greater recruitment of foreigners, with the exception of Special Forces. President Dwight Eisenhower said, in 1951 Time Magazine: "When Rome went out and hired mercenary soldiers, Rome fell. ".