Speech #430048369

That is the only exception. The next point which the gentleman took up was that children of foreigners born here were not placed in a correspond j position with children born abroad of citizens of the United States. The committee propose to submit an amendment to strike out in line 35 of page 3 te words born or naturalized before the word citizens." These words. "born or naturalized. were put in the bill as originally draughted in perhaps twenty places. bnt as the committee did not propose to make any distinction between native and naturalized citizens. the words were stricken out in all other places in the bill and remain here by inadvertence only. In line 26. on page 2. oceners the passage to which the gentleman next alluded in regard to children born abroad: A. child born abronad whose fatler may be a cidizen of the United States residing in and ubjent to the juriedietion of the United States. shall bo regarded as a citizen of the United States at the time of birth. We propose to strike out in this passoge the words "residing in." asperhaps inaceurately expreshig our idea and peurpose.