Speech #690102553

It is proposed to strike out all after the enacting clause and to insert: That (a) as used in this act the term "alien veteran" means an Individual. a member of the military or naval forces of the United States at any time after April 5. 1917. and before November 12. 1918. who is now an alien not ineligible to citizenship. but does not include (1) any individual at any time during such period or thereafter separated from such forces under other than honorable conditiohs. (2) any conscientious objector who performed no military duty whatever or refused to wear the uniform. or (3) any alien at any time during such period or thereafter discharged from the military or naval forces on account of his alienage. . (b) Terms defined in the immigration act of 1924 shall. when used in this act. have the meaning assigned to such terms In that act. SEc. 2. An alien veteran shall. for the purposes of the immigration act of 1924. be considered as a nonquota immigrant. but shall be subject to all the other provisions of that act and of the immigration laws. except that(a) He shall not be subject to the head tax imposed by section 2 of the immigration act of1917. (b) He shall not be required to pay any fee under section 2 or section 7 of the immigration act of 1924. (c) If otherwise admissible. he shall not be excluded under section 3 of the immigration act of 1917. unless excluded under the provisions of that section relating to(1) Persons afflicted with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease. except tuberculosis In any form. (2) Polygamy. (3) Prostitutes. procurers. or other like immoral persons. (4) Contract laborers. (5) Persons previously deported. (6) Persons convicted of crime. SEC. 3. The unmarried child under 18 years of age. the wife. or the husband of an alien veteran shall. for the purposes of the immigration act of 1924. be considered as a nonquota immigrant when accompanying or following within six months to join him. but shall be subject to allthe other provisions of that act and of the immigration laws. SEC. 4. The foregoing provisions of this act shall not apply to any alien unless the immigration visa is issued to him before the expiration of one year after the enactment of this act. SEC. 5. An alien veteran admitted to the United States under this act shall not be subject to deportation on the ground that he ias become a public charge. SEC. 6. Nothing in the immigration laws shall be construed as subjecting any person to a fine for bringing to a port of the United States an alien veteran. who is admissible .under the terms of this act. even though such alien would be subject to exclusion if this act had not been enacted. SEC. 7. An alien veteran shall. if residing in the United States. be entitled. at any time within two years after the enactment of this act. to naturalization upon the same terms. conditions. and exemptions which would have been accorded to such alien if he had petitioned before the armistice of the World War. except that such alien shall be required to appear and file his petition in person and to take the prescribed oath of allegiancein open court. Amend the title so as to read : "A bill to admit to the United States. and to extend naturalization privileges to. alien veterans of the World War."