They take out the windows and doors and then these houses are reported to the Government as abandoned. so as to save taxes." He said that many of the people remained in America long enough to earn sufficient money and then they would come back. as he had done. I learned from him that another important point is that they become citizens of the United States while over here. and It saves them a great deal of trouble and expense when they go back to Italy and reside there. not as Italians. but as American citizens. Then I said. "They take out naturalization papers and become citizens of the United States simply to defraud and evade the laws of their own country." He replied that this was true to a large extent. A simple reference to these conditions and recital of the facts narrated will. I am sure. more strongly present the necessity for immediate relief and remedy from the evils of existing conditions than anything that I can possibly say.
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Naturalized citizens are described as becoming citizens of the United States simply to defraud and evade the laws of their own country.