It is represented to the committee that they comprise some of the best citizens of the Territory. As a matter of law under the law of nations. by the acquisition of this Territory. which included Arizona. by the United States. these Mexican citizens would have become citizens of the United States. As they now many of them desire to become citizens of the United States notwithstanding their declaration. it is proposed by this bill to give them the right to make it declaration on oath before a court competent to naturalize. if they have the other qualifications to become citizens. and become naturalized without having first made a declaration of intention. I think this appeals so strongly to Congress that the necessity ought at once to be relieved by the passage of this bill.
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