A thousand privileges does he gain by having that little certificate of citizenship. On the high seas it protects him. and if lie wanders in foreign lands. he may know that the whole American Army and Navy is behind him to protect him in the rights conferred upon him by that certificate. Thousands of aliens have become naturalized citizens here and then returned to their homes and today are enjoying the protection of the American flag while they are domiciled thousands of miles from our shores. There is scarcely any country in the world where citizenship comes as cheaply as in America. and none where its privileges are so great. Your son and mine. born beneath the flag. must stay here twentyone years before they can enjoy the full privileges of citizenship. and yet the peoples Representatives in this .house treat citizenship so lightly that they think it comes too high at the niggardly sum of $10 for those who come from other lands.
Keywords matched
naturalized