Why did anticommunist Harry Truman veto the McCarran-Walter Act?

A) The anticommunist measures targeting immigrants did not go far enough for Truman.
B) The McCarran-Walter Act closely mirrored the Committee on Immigration's report, Whom Shall We Welcome, an investigation commissioned by Truman's political enemies.
C) Truman had become alarmed at the excesses of the anticommunist crusade.
D) Truman did not actually veto the act, preferring to propose an alternative bill.
E) The bill did not adequately address how to respond to illegal aliens.

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Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Truman vetoed the McCarran-Walter Act because he was concerned about the excesses of the anticommunist measures, particularly how they targeted immigrants, seeing them as discriminatory and a violation of American principles.

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