There is nothing in this bill to require any-. body to step into citizenship. That Is in a mans heart. I think we ought iot to compel a man to become a citizen within a certain time or to leave. [Applnuse.] An alien in this country is permitted to go out on a teniporary visit for six months under the present quota law. Assumne that the alien has taken out his first papers and has fore sworn allegiance to his mother country. He has not taken on complete allegiance to the United States. and in that event he can net get a passport from us to the country from which he -came nor can he get a passport from the country he left. so In this bill we have provided a sort of travel permit which does not have the fall force of a passport. It is simply to show that lie travels with the intention of returning to the United States. However. that does not relieve him from being debarred on his return if lie has contracted any disease or subjected himself to deportation under the Burnett law. Tiis provision is for the benefit of all aliens in the United States.
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