Open the door to anyone. to any alien. even though he knows nothing about our country. its laws. or the Government. without ever setting foot on the soil of the United States. and you cheapen American citizenship and destroy respect for it. I recognize the force of the argument that if an alien is willing to die for this country in the uniform of a soldier. he would be a good citizen. Our naturalization laws provide a period of assimilation. The wisdom of that requirement is apparent. To relax the provisions of law reasonably in favor of the alien in uniform would have my approval. but to open wide the door as provided in section 701 of title IX of this bill is a step I am unwilling to take.
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