The new quota for Japan will be 185. The net result of a mathematical formula establishing annual quotas. and of the creation of 12 new quota areas. would be that the total annual quota of 154.277 would be increased to 154.657. Within this quota system. based on the principle of national origin. the bill provides both for selective immigration and for the safeguarding of our old principle of keeping families ulited. Ninth. The bill provides a fully sufficient protection for American labor. but. at the same time. it has several provisions permitting the admission of foreign workers temporarily if their services are urgently needed in certain areas. It is sincerely hoped that these provisions will at last permit us to arrive at an equitable and sensible solution of the troublesome problem of Mexican farm labor. The bill makes fewer changes with respect to nationality and naturalization than immigration because of the more recent revision of the nationality code in First. The bill eliminates race as a bar to naturalization. thus making all lawful permanent residents of the United States who can meet the qualifications. specifically those relating to their good moral character and loyalty. eligible to become American citizens. Second. The bill lowers the minimum age for filing a petition for naturalization from 20 to 18 years. It makes the socalled first papers optional and not a prerequisite to naturalization as the present law requires. Third. It retains the 5year residence requirement for naturalization but it requires only 3 years of such residence in the case of the spouse of an American citizen. Fourth. The provisions relating to the loss of citizenship remain basically the same.
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