Mr. Chairman. this amendment is offered for the purpose of removing a discrimination that must have been put in the bill inadvertently which prohibits the induction of aliens into the service. An alien who comes to this country seeking asylum from the atrocities of totalitarian dictators. seeking protection from political degeneracy and from economic autocracy should at least be willing to fight to protect these principles of government under which he seeks protection. Surely we should not put the citizen youth of this Nation into the ironic position of having to fight to protect those who have fled from socialism. communism. fascism. and naziism in foreign countries. We all know of thousands of youths of this Nation who by reason of some omission or deficiency on the part of their parents are not citizens. yet they cannot be deported. They do not owe allegiance to any foreign government. They owe allegiance to the United States Government.
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