Mr. Chairman. notwithstanding what has been said about the pending bill. I have the feeling it is an important immigration bill. There is no question that the proviso on the first page. if left in the measure. takes citizenship away from American citizens. and in this respect the bill should be amended. Under provisions of this bill it will be possible for a girl born in Germany or Poland coming to the United States in infancy acquiring American citizenship by the naturalization of her parent to proceed abroad to her native land. marry a German or a Pole. as the case may be. bring forth children. and have those children termed "American citizens." This notwithstanding the fact that all the rest of the world would call such children of the nationality of their father. Complications inevitably would arise. In the same way a Negro woman born in the United States. married to a Jamaica British Negro. could be transplanted to Jamaica and her children born there would be called American citizens by our Government. although claimed as British citizens by the British Government.
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