They speak of some people who have been here for 10 years and yet have made no effort to become American citizens. That is true. They are unable to make application to become American citizens. because the minute they do they are subject to deportation. The gentleman from Kentucky says that the aliens come here and yet when war breaks out they all claim exemption. The records of the World War will show you that 90 percent of the aliens in this country at that time who answered questionnaires volunteered. I venture to say there were a million aliens in our Army who volunteered in the World War. They were willing to defend this country. Let me show you the peculiar thing about this immigration law. There is a gentleman In my district. a man in Maryland. who cannot be deported. due to the fact that he was here before 1924 and married an American girl. Yet he cannot obtain his citizenship papers. Nevertheless that gentleman is in the Navy and has served three terms. Here is a man who was here illegally. who cannot be naturalized. and who is in our own military force.
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Aliens all claim exemption when war breaks out.