The Hawaiian Organic Act of 1900 granted American citizenship to all persons who were citizens of the Republic of Hawaii. Among these are a very small number who are now held to have lost their citizenship because they have resided continuously for more than 3 years in the country of their birth or resided continuously for more than 5 years in another foreign country. The position of the immigration authorities is that they are naturalized rather than naturalborn citizens. and therefore subject to section 404 (b) and (c) of the Nationality Act of 1940. The injustice of applying this provision of the Nationality Act to those who have received United States citizenship by act of Congress has been recognized by the committee. Paragraph 10 on page 150 of the bill reported by the committee provides that these requirements of the Nationality Act of 1940 shall not apply to these citizens.
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