Speech #790107009

I shall. be pleased to. The object of the bill is to provide a temporary extension of the period during which minors whose parents were naturalizld in this country during their minority but who have moved abroad and taken the minors with them. may return and claim citizenship in this country. That provision of the Immigration Act was extended until January 1943. but war conditions have prevented many of these minors from returning to this country. This bill merely extends the time to 1947 during which these minor children born in the United States. who went abroad with their parents. resided there. may return and become citzens of this country if they have not in the meantime become citizens of a foreign country. This bill simply states that if they have not acquired citizenship over there. they may return to the United States before January 1. 1947. and retain their citizenship as American citizens.