If the Members will remember. Mr. Chairman. under the Second War Powers Act. if a man entered the country legally. upon joining the armed forces he could be naturalized. and this the Immigration Service and the Department of Justice have been doing in the camps and abroad. We found by a study of the present law that thousands of young men. who do not know when they entered the country. whose parents are dead. who do not know what boat they came over on. cannot be naturalized because they are unable to show that they entered on a certain date under legal terms. We discussed that on this floor and by unanimous vote provided that persons who wore the uniform of the armed forces and who were inducted. fighting the war on our side. irrespective of legal entry. should be given the right to citizenship. That bill has been over there now for 1 whole year.
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