Mr. President. I am wondering if the Senator is not emphasizing the matter of a citizen in contradistinction to a noncitizen in a question which has to do primarily with the ownership of property. and if. for instance. the Senator is not probably doing an outright injustice. so far as the ordinary practices of our law are concerned. to a person who is penalized in connection with property which he hasa person who lives in the United States legally but who is not a citizen. I think if we consider the consequences of an amendment of this kind we will be very careful. because I believe that all persons in the United States. regardless of their citizenship. who own property. have certain rights before the law in regard to that property. and as I read the language of the amendment it seems to me the emphasis is placed so much upon citizenship that actually it may unjustly deprive a person of property in cases in which I know the Senator does not wish to do so.
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