Why. certainlyFor the purposes of this act. But the naturalization law provides that where an alien woman is married to an American citizen. that alien woman becomes an American citizen. Now. you can change that if you want to. I suppose. but you can not say that she is an American citizen for the purpose of inheritance. for the purpose of protection in other respects. but is not an American citizen " for the purposes of this act." She is or she is not. If she is an American citizen. as she is under the naturalization laws. you can not say that for the purposes of some other act she shall not be an American citizen. because that is denying a fact. The Constitution provides that we may pass uniform laws of naturalization. and when we say under those laws that a person becomes an American citizen. that person is an American citizen for all purposes. . If you want to modify the naturalization laws and provide that the marriage of such a person to an American citizen shall not constitute that person an American citizen. I think we have that power. We have no power to say that she is an American citizen. but is not for the purposes of a particular act.
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