Let me complete my statement. Section 702 of this act goes much further than anything proposed heretofore. It confers upon representatives of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization all the rights and power and duties now conferred upon Federal district judges with reference to naturalizing citizens. This is for the purpose of sending them out of the United States. if necessary. into the outlying regions and into other countries and to naturalize beneficiaries under this act and make them citizens before they ever came to the United States of America. Mr. Chairman. I have verified everything I have said to you by conference with members of this committee and with the Deputy Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. This is an outrageous procedure. and I do hope that even after you have adopted the committee amendment that you will vote for my amendment to strike the title from the bill because. as I understand it. all it does is to limit the benefits of this title to people who have actually resided in the United States prior to entry into the service. However. if the committee amendment is adopted. the act would permit hundreds of thousands who are here on other than immigrant status to become citizens without meeting all the provisions of law that otherwise would have to be met.
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