It was suspected by agents of the Government that among those in that gathering were some who had entered the country illegally. Those agents went into the hall where this function was being held by American citizens. they stopped the music. put everybody in line. and required each one to come before them and prove his American citizenship. Of course. in very few instances were they able to do it. because people do not ordinarily carry their naturalization certificates with them. The result. however. was that those men and women were kept during the entire night and part of the next day until by some means they were able to secure evidence to convince and to persuade these Government agents that they were in this country legally. The whole proceeding and investigation resulted in not a single disclosure that any one of the number was not a respectable American citizen of foreign birth and had not legally entered the country.
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