Speech #770153374

I have only 3 minutes. This provision goes too far. In my judgment. we should wait until a proper committee of this House could bring before us a carefully considered bill to relax the restrictions on citizenship in respect to aliens who serve in the armed forces of the United States. but to say to them without any understanding of the fundamental principles of our Government that they may have all of the privileges of a nativeborn citizen. or a foreignborn person who has gone to all the trouble of becoming a citizen. is going too far and is wide of constructive legislation. I think the Starnes amendment to strike title XI from the bill ought to be adopted. and that we should wait until the Committee on Immigration andNaturalization presents to the House a carefully prepared bill on this subject before we open the door of citizenship too far.